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Implanted Pump Safely Delivered Chemo Straight to the Brain in Patients with Brain Cancer

Implanted Pump Safely Delivered Chemo Straight to the Brain in Patients with Brain Cancer

A significant obstacle to treating brain cancer is not the cancer, but the brain itself. The blood-brain barrier is an important aspect of the brain’s blood vessels that prevents poisons, viruses, and bacteria in blood from infiltrating the brain—but it inadvertently blocks most therapeutic substances. Nanoparticles, focused ultrasound, clever chemistry, and other innovative ideas are […]