Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Science: Ultrasound Therapies May Overcome Blood Brain Barrier

Ultrasound therapies target brain cancers and Alzheimer’s disease. 
"The blood-brain barrier, a tightly packed layer of cells that lines the brain's blood vessels, protects it from infections, toxins, and other threats but makes the organ frustratingly hard to treat. A strategy that combines ultrasound with microscopic blood-borne bubbles can briefly open the barrier, in theory giving drugs or the immune system access to the brain. In the clinic and the lab, that promise is being evaluated."






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