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The blood-brain barrier is like a gatekeeper for your brain. Tightly packed endothelial cells lining the inside of the brain’s blood vessels work as a filter to keep harmful things out and hold ...

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Bypassing the blood-brain barrier remains an obstacle for novel therapeutics. Healio spoke to Thomas Chen, MD, PhD, founder and CEO of NeOnc, to find out how a novel nasal spray formulation to ...

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By getting drugs beyond the blood-brain barrier, researchers believe they could better target treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, seizures, and plenty more. So, it’s safe to say it’s been a goal.

To open the blood-brain barrier, “we inject individuals intravenously with microbubbles,” Rezai says. These tiny gas bubbles, commonly used as a contrast agent, travel through the bloodstream.