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Nanocapsules in Gene Editing Therapy for Alzheimer’s

Changing the brain- nanocapsule therapy edits the Alzheimer’s gene
“Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (WI, USA) have developed a nanocapsule [MORE]

Implantable Pump for Brain Tumors

Implantable pump drip-feeds chemotherapy directly into brain tumors
“Researchers at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian have developed an implantable pump [MORE]

Glioblastoma Nanomedicine

Glioblastoma nanomedicine crosses iBBB in mice
“Inspired by the capacity of natural proteins and viral particulates to cross the BBB, we [MORE]

A BBB Chip

YongTae Kim with Blood brain barrier chip
Bioengineers at Georgia Tech have created a microfluidic chip representing the human blood-brain-barrier.  Accordingly, [MORE]

COVID and Neurological Disorders

Necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy
COVID-19’s symptoms are still sorting out, but perhaps its most frightening manifestation is acute necrotizing hemorrhagic encephalopathy.  In [MORE]

Nanoparticle Nasal Spray

Nasal Spray
Compared to injecting a drug into the blood stream for treating problems beyond the blood-brain barrier, a nasal spray [MORE]

Ultrasound on the Brain

Treating Alzheimers with Focusd Ultrasound
In recent years Magnetic Resonance guided Focused Ultrasound has become increasingly successful in ablating small tumors [MORE]

Pediatric Blood-Brain Barrier Chip

Brain-on-a-Chip
The naturally-occurring blood-brain barrier is a mesh of capillaries within which endothelial cells are spaced so tightly that they form [MORE]

Stem Cells Used in Making Blood-Brain Barrier Tissue

Blood Brain Barrier
Using both embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University [MORE]

Drug-Device Strategy for Parkinson’s

Contrasting to the previous piece, Eli Lilly and Medtronic are collaborating on a new drug and companion device to [MORE]

Plying the Blood-Brain Barrier with Ultrasound

Ultrasound opeing blood-brain barrier
Using a headset to beam low-intensity ultrasound over the entire brain, for an hour’s duration, Perfusion [MORE]