By getting drugs beyond the blood-brain barrier, researchers believe they could better target treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, seizures, and plenty more. So, it’s safe to say it’s been a goal.

Mimicking the human placental barrier to better understand the dynamic organ. by Mara Catherin Shurgot , ... mimicking blood flow through an active placenta.

The blood-brain barrier, a protective cell layer guarding the brain, blocks foreign bodies but also hinders drug delivery, complicating treatment of neurological disorders.Scientists have now ...

Newly formed blood vessels may be cracks in the barrier between the bloodstream and the eye, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

In contrast, the placental barrier does not exhibit constitutive PI3-K activity, making InlB necessary for InlA-dependent Lm placental invasion,” the paper noted.

The blood-brain barrier, a protective cell layer guarding the brain, blocks foreign bodies but also hinders drug delivery, complicating treatment of neurological disorders. Michael Mitchell's team ...

The stress responses promote cell proliferation in the placenta that reinforces the barrier between the fetus and maternal blood circulation. Comparing placental stress responses in COVID-19 and ...

The placenta is an effective barrier because it separates the maternal blood from the fetus’, using tissue that is partially made up of fetal endothelial cells, which line the blood vessels on ...

The RVG-modified sEVs crossed the placental barrier and blood-brain barrier, protecting against Zika virus transmission to the fetus. They concentrated in the fetal brain, ...

"We already know that the placental barrier retains many nanoparticles or at least delays their transport to the embryo," says Bürki. However, damage to the fetal tissue occurs, even if no ...

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 the ...