Neurons exposed to chronic iron overload do not simply die on contact. Instead, they enter a weakened, primed state that ...

The blood-brain barrier is highly selective and semi-permeable, separating blood from the brain's fluid. It protects the ...

International nanoscientists publish a new blueprint reframing the protein corona as a programmable navigation interface to cross the blood-brain barrier.

A newly published study in Oncoscience explored a potential new approach to treating glioblastoma, an aggressive form of ...

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 ...

A Cleveland-led team from University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes VA has identified a ...

Modern medicine has achieved things that once seemed impossible. Surgeons can replace heart valves, transplant organs, and ...

A study linking accelerated immune-cell aging to emotional, but not physical, depressive symptoms strengthens evidence that ...

A copper-based compound restored the brain’s ability to clear toxic Alzheimer’s proteins, dramatically reducing amyloid ...