Thursday, October 23, 2008

Crossing Blood-Brain Barrier: Scientists Develop Drug Delivery System For Brain Cancers, Other Diseases


Scientists have developed a new drug delivery system that is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to reach and kill cancer cells in the brain, according to research presented at the 20th EORTC-NCI-AACR [1] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Geneva on 22 October.
Less than five per cent of drugs (made up of very small molecules) are able to cross the barrier. But a new drug delivery system has now been developed that is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier to reach and kill cancer cells in the brain.
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