A new way to breach the blood-brain barrier

Research suggests a single drug might create temporary access for medicines to treat neurological, other diseases

Researchers have found a new way to make a temporary chink in the brain’s armor, opening the door for treatments to get in. The results of a rodent study, published September 14 in the Journal of Neuroscience, may highlight a method to sneak therapies for diseases such as Alzheimer’s, HIV and cancer past the blood-brain barrier.