Researchers develop drug delivery technique to bypass blood-brain barrier
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have successfully prevented the development of Parkinson's disease in a mouse using new techniques to deliver drugs across the naturally impenetrable blood-brain barrier. Their findings lend hope to patients around the world with neurological conditions that are difficult to treat due to a barrier mechanism that prevents approximately 98 percent of drugs from reaching the brain and central nervous system.