by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Feb 19, 2023 | Trends
Welcome to Part 4 of our series about the blood brain barrier (BBB)! Here, we highlight the rising global burden of neurological disorders, and recap on the challenges surrounding drug safety and toxicity in relation to the BBB. As industry speeds ahead with novel...
by Karen O'Hanlon Cohrt | Jan 26, 2023 | Trends
Welcome to Part 3 of our blog series covering the blood brain barrier (BBB). In Part 1, we looked briefly at how the BBB was discovered and presented what we currently know about its composition and functions. Part 2 focused on the need for reliable BBB models in drug...
by Olwen Reina | Feb 20, 2016 | Trends
Stems cells are capable of becoming any type of cell and, given the right conditions, can grow indefinitely in cell culture. They appear to be an all-round solution to many scientific and medical goals seen in the number of clinical studies testing new stem cell...
by Olwen Reina | Mar 11, 2016 | Trends
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune/inflammatory disease that affects the brain, optic nerves and spinal cord (together called the central nervous system, CNS). It is an incurable, painful disease that affects 2.3 million people worldwide. Symptoms range from...
by Olwen Reina | Mar 30, 2016 | Trends
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammation-driven disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS). It is characterized by increased mononuclear cell infiltration of the CNS and autoimmune destruction of the myelin sheath of neurons resulting in distinct lesions/scarring...
by Olwen Reina | Apr 12, 2016 | Trends
Spinal Cord Injury/Disease SCI/D (or simply SCI) is defined as damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal, the result of which is often permanent changes in the strength, sensation and other functions of the body from below the site...
