Caltech researchers have developed BrainCAB, a small-molecule delivery system designed to help medicines cross the ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered key molecular design principles that could help supramolecular therapeutics ...

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a protective filter that lines the brain's blood vessels and is notoriously hard to ...

In a large Australian cohort of adults with hypertension, use of blood-brain barrier-crossing antihypertensive medications ...

During cancer treatment, the same brain tumor can be treated with the same anticancer drug, but the effect can differ from patient to patient. A Korean research team has developed a chip that ...

In a promising sign for the potential of focused sound waves to improve care for brain tumors, UVA Health researchers have determined that tumors called gliomas may be even more receptive to targeted ...

KULLERVO HYNYNEN is preparing to cross neuroscience’s final frontier. In July he will work with a team of doctors in the first attempt to open the blood-brain barrier in humans – the protective layer ...

Scientists created smart nanoparticles that can both illuminate hidden glioblastoma cells during surgery and destroy ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. The work is a ...

Research, led by teams at Trinity College Dublin and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes. The ...

Aging may trigger a previously underrecognized change in the brain’s immune system, with protective cells in the hippocampus ...

Microglia decline after age 50 as inflammatory blood-derived immune cells infiltrate the hippocampus, potentially driving ...