The properties of the blood-brain barrier serve a vital protective role, but they also keep drugs from reaching the organ. Big pharmaceutical companies have been making deals for technologies that ...

The highly selective border lining the brain’s vasculature is the Achilles’ heel of any large therapeutic molecule aiming for targets in the brain, anti-Aβ antibodies included. Not only do fewer than ...

Jack O’Meara stands outside wearing a dark-blue pullover Jack O’Meara is the CEO and cofounder of Aerska. Credit: Aerska A group of RNA veterans is launching a new start-up aimed at getting ...

Our brain is a fortress. Its delicate interior is completely surrounded by a protective wall called the blood-brain barrier. True to its name, the barrier separates contents in the blood and the brain ...

Vect-Horus has a clinical-phase solution to a key drug development challenge: crossing the blood–brain barrier (BBB). By targeting receptors on the barrier, Vect-Horus is empowering partners such as ...