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Blood Brain Barrier
Blood Brain Barrier: a highly selective semipermeable border that separates the circulating blood from the brain and extracellular fluid in the central nervous system (or CNS). Also known as the BBB, typically formed by endothelial cells of the capillary wall, astrocyte end-feet ensheathing the capillary, and pericytes embedded in the capillary basement membrane.
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MAY 15, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2016, around 2 billion adults around the world were overweight
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 13, 2021
Health & Medicine
THC-rich cannabis is well known to bring relief for some chronic pain sufferers. But the downside, off putting for many
...
Written By:
Angela Dowden
MAY 10, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
RNA molecules serve several functions, one of which is to help the cell generate proteins from active genes. It also may
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that people with schizophrenia may have a more permeable bloo
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 16, 2021
Cancer
New research published in Advanced Materials Technologies highlights a development in fighting glioblastoma. The study f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 04, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Patients of malignant brain tumors experience recurrences even after subsequent treatments. To address this issue, scien
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 17, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Some brain diseases including mad cow disease and the human version Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Kuru, and fatal fam
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 25, 2021
Immunology
Most organ systems are protected by a cavalry of immune cells present in the circulation—but not the brain. Consid
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 12, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists at Northwestern University identify the first compound that removes the ongoing degeneration of upper motor n
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 05, 2021
Technology
For a while, researchers have discovered key mechanisms involved in leading to neurodegenerative diseases. However, desp
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 28, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Glioblastoma is a very aggressive and lethal form of brain cancer that responds poorly to chemotherapy in children and a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 23, 2020
Cancer
Brain cancer is an incredible challenge for modern medicine. Most drugs don’t make it past the blood-brain barrier
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
NOV 28, 2020
Microbiology
A mosquito-borne virus called VEEV has been emerging in South America. It causes symptoms that make it difficult to dist
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Cancer
New research from the University of Michigan reports for the first time a new synthetic protein nanoparticle that is abl
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 10, 2020
Neuroscience
Video: Explains the challenges of delivering medicine to the brain, and possibly tools to pass the blood-brain bar
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
NOV 01, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19 has to get into cells to cause infection. It does so with a spike protein on its surfa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2020
Technology
It is almost impossible to deliver targeted drug therapy via the bloodstream without reaching the entire brain and body
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 10, 2020
Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
While gene therapy is a promising treatment for multiple diseases caused by a genetic mutation, getting gene therapy age
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 27, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The brain is protected by a protective shield called the blood-brain barrier, which only allows certain things to pass t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2020
Cancer
The human body is a complicated network of systems and signals. Many systems regulate themselves or others in vari
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
MAY 18, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Many tasty and convenient foods are high in fat, and new research has suggested that just one fatty meal may hinder our
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2020
Cancer
One of the more unique aspects of the human body is the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that protects the central nervous syst
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
APR 20, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
New research may aid in the development of gene therapies for diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch