Research

What is Cancer? How Can Immunotherapy Help? Learn with Illustrated Flashcards.

By Jack Chan, a cancer researcher at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre The word…


Communication Between the Gut and the Brain is a Two-Way Street

Have you ever felt butterflies in your stomach or experienced a gut-wrenching…


How do Vaccines Work and Which Ones are the Most Common?

Editorial note: Since the writing of this article, several COVID-19 vaccines…


Aging Cells Make 'Signature' Molecules that Could Lead to New Treatments

Gray hairs and wrinkles might be visible signs of aging, but the signs we can’t…


Pop art vector illustration of side view human brain

Welcome to the Brain & Behavior Blog

My name is Chris and I received my Ph.D. in neurobiology from the University of…


COPD and Smoking Could Increase Your Risk of Severe COVID-19

The thought that we have barely scratched the surface of what we need to know…


Weight lifting

Ghrelin Controls Both Your Appetite and Motivation to Exercise

Let’s play a game: Talk to three people you know and ask them what the best…


Late-Night Snacking Delays Fat Burning

If you’re used to eating late dinners or snacking well into the night,…


COVID-19 Treatments: Separating Fact from Fiction

This post was co-written by Glen Pyle and Dr. Ryan Marino.   An…