A new technique may improve the delivery of medicine to the brain
The blood-brain barrier protects our brains from infection and toxins, but also makes it harder to deliver medications for brain diseases.…
Author: Nathan Gock
First Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease
A landmark clinical trial was announced recently by researchers at Kyoto University. For the first time in history, this trial tests the use…
Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials
For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…
Reprogramming Neurons to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
The story is all too familiar: promising effects are shown in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease – providing hope for patients,…
Molecules that make lab-grown human cells younger
Aging is a natural and inevitable biological process – one that happens to all living organisms on our planet. While most scientists…
Prenatal Inflammation May Affect Brain Development
A normal pregnancy usually lasts around 40 weeks, but births that occur before 37 weeks are defined as being premature. Premature births are…
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