What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a ...

Manifold will use its tissue-targeting shuttle technology to help Roche develop new therapeutics for diseases of the central ...

The published dosing standards set the drug-delivery technology on a path toward FDA consideration and eventual use against ...

The brain is among the most “immune-privileged” of organs primarily through the highly selective permeability of the blood-brain-barrier (BBB), its minimal lymphatic drainage, the presence of ...

A study conducted by a multinational research group investigated the potential of audible sound waves (in the form of music, specifically Pink Floyd’s "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1") in enhancing ...

Researchers used supramolecular nanoparticles to repair the brain’s vascular system and reverse Alzheimer’s in mice. Instead ...

A recent study has found that an ion transporter protein that regulates the pH of specific brain cells can repair the blood-brain barrier and restore normal brain function after ischemic stroke. The ...

A study recently published in Nature has identified a key factor in the age-related breakdown of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and has demonstrated that this damage may be reversible, potentially ...

Could the size of your waistline be quietly shaping the future of your brain? New research is uncovering a fascinating and ...

Share The brain is like a city within a fortress. Its cellular inhabitants normally hum along in their daily routines. Neurons send out the electrical signals underlying memory and cognition.

“If we want to address BBB dysfunction, we have to have a good human BBB model,” said Ziyuan Guo, a neurobiologist and stem cell scientist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. “The whole ...