Targeted delivery of highly toxic anti-cancer drug to brain tumours
With a survival rate of only five years, the most common and aggressive form of…
Browsing: blood-brain barrier
Blood-clotting protein: key role in CNS b-cell lymphoma
In people with central nervous system () lymphoma, cancerous B cells accumulate to form tumours…
Scientists found genes that help cancer cells to penetrate the brain
An international team of scientists reviewed scientific articles on proteins (and genes encoding them) that…
Imaging can guide whether liquid biopsy will benefit individual glioblastoma patients
Tracking brain cancer with a blood test instead of a surgical biopsy may greatly improve…
Getting cancer drugs to the brain is difficult, but a new ‘road map’ might make it easier
The human brain has some remarkable capabilities – including the ability to block cancer drugs…
Dynamic transition of the blood-brain barrier in the development of non-small cell lung cancer
Effective drug delivery through the BTB is one of the greatest therapeutic obstacles in treating…
How breast cancer uses exosomes to metastasize to the brain
Metastasising breast cancers typically seek out the bones, lung, and brain. Brain metastases are especially…
Delivering immunotherapy directly to brain tumours
A new study gives insight into how immunotherapies, treatments that help the body’s immune system…
Nanocapsule reaches cancer that has spread to central nervous system in mice
Cancer that has spread to the central nervous system is notoriously difficult to treat. Now,…
Study finds melanoma brain metastases are immunosuppressive with treatment-resistant metabolism
Melanoma tumours that have spread to the brain are equipped to thwart immunotherapies and targeted…