After reviewing over 150 studies, the researchers discovered that leaks in the blood-brain barrier may contribute to memory problems. Normally, this barrier acts as a filter, preventing harmful ...

For decades, scientists across the globe have investigated methods to accurately measure drug permeability across the ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have reported crossing the blood–brain barrier with help from a modified Lactobacillus plantarum. By delivering an appetite-regulating hormone ...

The proportion of new schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use has nearly tripled in almost two decades, increasing ...

Designing BBB organoids posed a technical challenge: growing the two components—the brain and blood vessels—which arise from different germ layers ... blood vessel organoids did not express these ...

Microplastics have been found in the brain, showing they can cross the blood-brain barrier, and the amounts of the tiny plastic bits inside our bodies appear to be increasing at a rate that reflects ...

Discover how a revolutionary 3D Blood-Brain Barrier model advances the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases and drug ...

Dr. Chen is developing a new delivery system which is designed to help cancer drugs cross the blood-brain barrier.

New study shows plastic accumulates in the brain, as well as other body parts. Scientists don't know what impact it has if any.

Researchers develop 3D blood-brain barrier model to study Alzheimers and neuroinflammation New platform created to improve understanding of neurodegenerative diseases through innovative testing ...

Microplastics block blood vessels in brain, threaten nerve health, study finds Microplastics could disrupt cerebral function by obstructing blood flow, research reveals ...

Rice University chemist and director of the university’s Synthesis X Center Han Xiao and cancer biologist Dihua Yu of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have received a three-year, $1.5 ...