Research on Blood Vessel Proteins Holds Promise for Controlling 'Blood-Brain Barrier'
Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 12:51
in Health & Medicine
Working with mice, Johns Hopkins researchers have shed light on the activity of a protein pair found in cells that form the walls of blood vessels in the brain and retina, experiments that could lead to therapeutic control of the blood-brain barrier and of blood vessel growth in the eye.