He presented his research on how techniques such as tunnelling and scanning electron microscopy have been used to track the transport of fluids through the blood-brain barrier. “Using a novel ...

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have developed a lipid nanoparticle system capable of delivering ...

Caption Vitamin D must be transferred from the maternal blood across the layers of the human placental barrier to the foetus, as shown in this electron microscopy image. The maternal blood fills ...

This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

According to a new study from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences, the brain contains higher concentrations of ...

Scientists found microplastics in all 52 examined human brains. Newer brain samples had more plastic than older ones.

Dr. Cater said that until now, little was known about how dietary choline travels past the layer of specialized cells that separates the blood from the brain. "This blood-brain barrier prevents ...

The findings, demonstrated in mouse models and isolated human brain tissue, could expand treatment options for neurological ...