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Title: Blood-Brain Barrier Jiggled Loose to Deliver Medicine
Author: Laura Sanders
Narrator: Mark Moran
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 min
Language: English
Release date: 11-18-15
Publisher: Science News
Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Summary:
In its job protecting the brain from would-be invaders, the blood-brain barrier also blocks medicines from reaching the brain. But on November 5, ultrasound zaps shook loose that tight barrier in a woman who has a brain tumor, potentially granting entry to a chemotherapy drug. The technique, which relies on tiny bubbles set jiggling by ultrasound beams, has shown promise in animal models. This is the first time it has been tried on a person, says neurosurgeon Todd Mainprize of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, who led the procedure.

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