Small plastic particles alter neuron growth, suggesting that particle size may be just as important as the amount of plastic ...

The drug industry has been working on how to shuttle drugs through the blood-brain barrier, and the results will become ...

Researchers have engineered CAR-T cells armed with computationally designed protein binders that eliminated glioblastoma ...

A team of scientists at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has published new evidence suggesting that the brain's protective shield—known as the blood-brain barrier (BBB)—remains ...

Within the neurovascular unit, neurons, glial cells, brain microvascular endothelial cells, and pericytes all harbor ...

VIB and Ghent University researchers have identified and characterized a previously unknown cellular barrier in the brain, which sheds new light on how the brain is protected from the rest of the body ...

Glioblastoma claims the lives of 200,000 people each year globally. Despite decades of research and funding, survival rates ...

A man wearing a T shirt and fleece vest sits at a corner office desk with a fluorescence microscopy image of the brain on a monitor in the background. Corresponding author Jiefu Li looks at an image ...

Dr. Sandeep Kunwar explained that getting drugs into the brain is a major hurdle for glioblastoma, as the blood-brain barrier blocks most treatments. Dr. Sandeep Kunwar, a neurosurgeon and professor ...

Microplastics have been found in our lungs, guts, and even our blood. Now, researchers say they may reduce protective enzymes and proteins that keep neurons strong. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning ...

Curasight A/S ("Curasight" or "the Company") (Spotlight: CURAS) announces encouraging preliminary readout from its Phase 1 clinical trial with uTREAT® in patients with aggressive brain cancer ...

High blood cholesterol is associated with increased risk of heart disease, but it is also essential for brain function. Dr ...