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A parasite that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier to infect the brains of its hosts could one day be a means of delivering important therapeutics.that thrives in nearly all warm-blooded life on Earth – could be engineered to deliver therapeutic proteins to cells in the brain, providing treatment options for conditions that are difficult to access.
The research has been tested in lab-grown human brain tissue and living mice with minimal side effects, demonstrating that the concept is plausible, and may in fact have broader applications, such as studying the brain, with further research and tweaking., as the name suggests, is a membrane that separates the blood vessels from the brain tissue and central nervous system, preventing anything untoward from the former from entering the latter.
The researchers believe that their results offer a new way forward, not just for treating neurological conditions, but as a powerful research tool for investigating protein activity in neurons.
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