Tag: blood-brain barrier
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Focused Ultrasound Shows Promise in Pediatric Brain Cancer Treatment
Breakthrough in Pediatric Brain Cancer Treatment Columbia University researchers have achieved a landmark step in the fight against pediatric brain cancer. In what researchers describe as the first demonstration that focused ultrasound can be safely used in children to aid drug delivery into the brain, the non-invasive technique shows promise as a way to improve…
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Focused Ultrasound Passes First Test in Treatment of Brain Cancer in Children
What is focused ultrasound and why it matters Focused ultrasound is a non-invasive technique that uses precisely targeted sound waves to temporarily and safely disrupt the barriers protecting the brain. By transiently opening the blood-brain barrier, it can enhance the delivery of chemotherapy and other therapeutics directly to brain tissue. This approach holds particular promise…
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Nanomanufacturing Breakthrough Enhances Vascular Systems in Artificial Tissue
New Nanomanufacturing Technique Improves Vascular Networks in Engineered Tissue Engineered human tissue has long offered a vital bridge between lab discoveries and human clinical trials. A key hurdle, however, has been providing a functional vascular system to sustain cells within three-dimensional constructs. Without adequate blood circulation, large-scale tissue models develop necrotic regions where cells starve…
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Gut Microbiome: A New Hope Against Alzheimer’s
The Gut-Brain Axis: A Bidirectional Dialogue In recent years, scientists have unveiled a powerful link between the gut and the brain. The gut microbiome—the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi living in our intestines—does more than digest food. It communicates with the central nervous system through the gut-brain axis, a two-way street that involves the…