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·May 24, 2018·5 min read

Tiny Particles Could Help Fight Brain Cancer

Researchers at MIT have developed a new drug delivering nanoparticle that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. The nanoparticles carry two different drugs that can help shrink tumors and prevent them from growing back.

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·May 3, 2018·5 min read

Mercury Rising: Are All the Fish We Eat Toxic?

Researchers say industrial fishing could be exposing people in coastal areas and island nations to excessively high levels of mercury. It is estimated that people from 38% of countries examined may be exposed to higher methylmercury levels from fish than is deemed safe for fetal development.

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·February 26, 2018·4 min read

New Way to Stop Inflammation in Alzheimer’s and Immune System Disorders

Researchers report new findings about the immune system could help treat inflammation in Alzheimer's disease and could save people from deadly inflammation associated with sepsis.

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·February 15, 2018·4 min read

Atlas of Brain Blood Vessels Provides Fresh Clues to Brain Diseases

Researchers have mapped cells that form the brain's blood vessels and blood brain barrier.

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·February 10, 2018·4 min read

Gene Therapy Researchers Find Viral Barcode to Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier

Researchers have identified structural 'footprints' that allow certain virus vectors reach the brain easily.

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·February 8, 2018·3 min read

First Hybrid Nanotech Device Mimicking the Blood-Brain Barrier

Researchers have use nanotechnology to develop a 1:1 scale model of the blood-brain barrier.

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·January 2, 2018·5 min read

How the Brain Responds to Vascular Injury

A new neuroimaging study reveals pericytes, a type of cell found in the brain's blood vessels, grow to compensate for the loss of neighboring cells.

a graphical abstract from the research paper

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·November 22, 2017·5 min read

How Rogue Immune Cells Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier to Cause Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers have discovered how TH1 and TH17 immune cells obtain access to neurons in multiple sclerosis.

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·November 16, 2017·2 min read

Nanowired Drugs Could Treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Patients

Using titanate nanowires treated with cerebrolysin, researchers have been able to target delivery to the brain and through the central nervous system. Researchers report the use of nanowires to deliver drugs could be beneficial in the treatment of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.