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The blood–brain barrier is the biggest challenge to the development of drugs that target the CNS. Most capillary beds leak plasma contents between and across endothelial cells by way of window-like ...

Brain diseases pose a double challenge for drug developers ... evolved the natural ability to penetrate and cross the BBB and enter the brain, where it causes progressive multifocal ...

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When the treatment was applied following surgical removal of the main tumor mass, the neutrophil-carrying drugs were able to cross the blood-brain barrier, destroy ... Experts from the Women’s Brain ...

"This blood-brain barrier prevents ... fatty acids and choline to enter. "While this barrier is an important line of defense, it presents a challenge for designing drugs to treat neurological ...