Ongoing clinical research at UNC could lead to a first-of-its-kind enzyme replacement therapy for Hunter syndrome, an ...

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 ...

The blood-brain barrier, a protective cell layer guarding the brain, blocks foreign bodies but also hinders drug delivery, complicating treatment of neurological disorders.Scientists have now devised ...

While this protects the brain from external threats, it also presents a major challenge for treating neurological diseases, as many potentially therapeutic compounds are unable to cross. One potential ...

Example of interventional approaches to bypass physiologic blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-tumor barrier (BTB). Normal transport in BBB is not included. (Left) Local delivery with administration ...

Focused ultrasound is just one strategy researchers are using to get drugs into the brain. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it ...

Scientists discover a treatment in mice to repair the blood-brain barrier, which is key to brain health. There's a bouncer in everyone: The blood-brain barrier, a layer of cells between blood vessels ...

Enough pints of beer can have you falling off your bar stool or loudly reciting lyrics to early 2000s jams to total strangers, because alcohol can get past one of the strongest defenses in the body.