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FIU researchers develop new pathway to brain for medicine

Stumped for years by a natural filter in the body that allows few substances, including life-saving drugs, to enter the brain through the bloodstream, physicians who treat neurological diseases may soon have a new pathway to the organ via a technique developed by a physicist and an immunologist working together at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/06/v-print/3383267/fiu-researchers-develop-new-pathway.html#storylink=cpy

Nanoparticles may Transport HIV meds to the brain

Researchers have had early success in a method that might one day thwart the powerful blood-brain barrier and effectively deliver antiretrovirals (ARVs) to the brain, The Miami Herald reports. Scientists have long been flummoxed in their attempts to deliver treatment to the organ, where HIV can have seriously damaging effects. Scientists at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine used magneto-electric nanoparticles (MENs) to increase by up to 97 percent the delivery of the HIV med AZTTP to infected cells in a laboratory facsimile of the human brain.

Read more here: http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/blood_brain_1667_23936.shtml

Brain discovery promises new dementia treatments

A new technique that allows the release of life-saving medicines into the brain has been developed by researchers in Florida.

It paves the way to help patients fight HIV, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and epilepsy.

Read more here: http://www.newsmaxhealth.com/Health-News/brain-pathway-fiu-hiv/2013/05/07/id/503221/

Nanotech researcher: ‘Everything is possible’ in new brain treatments

Raw Story reported Tuesday on a new technique pioneered by researchers at Florida International University for treating HIV by acting directly on the brain, delivering medicine across the blood-brain barrier through the use of nanoparticles. Wednesday, we spoke to Florida International University researcher Sakhrat Khizroev about the breakthrough and its potential for treatment of other brain diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and brain cancers.

Read more here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/08/nanotech-researcher-everything-is-possible-in-new-brain-treatments/

Científicos desarrollan técnica cerebral para combatir el VIH

Científicos de la Escuela de Medicina Herbert Wertheim, de la Universidad Internacional de la Florida (al sur de Estados Unidos) revelaron esta semana una técnica revolucionaria para administrar directamente en el cerebro un fármaco para combatir el Virus de Inmunodefiencia Humana (VIH).

Read more here: http://www.enewspaper.mx/archivos/89996

Magnetic particles carry drugs across blood-brain barrier

Researchers in the US have developed a technique that can deliver and fully release the anti-HIV drug AZTTP into the brain.

Read more here: http://www.theengineer.co.uk/medical-and-healthcare/news/magnetic-particles-carry-drugs-across-blood-brain-barrier/1016204.article

Researchers develop new pathway to brain for medicine

Stumped for years by a natural filter in the body that allows few substances, including life-saving drugs, to enter the brain through the bloodstream, physicians who treat neurological diseases may soon have a new pathway to the organ via a technique developed by a physicist and an immunologist working together at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Read more here: http://neurosciencestuff.tumblr.com/post/49897000814/researchers-develop-new-pathway-to-brain-for-medicine

Researchers develop new pathway to brain for medicine

Stumped for years by a natural filter in the body that allows few substances, including life-saving drugs, to enter the brain through the bloodstream, physicians who treat neurological diseases may soon have a new pathway to the organ via a technique developed by a physicist and an immunologist working together at Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.

Read more here: http://latinotimes.com/lifestyle/128716-researchers-develop-new-pathway-to-brain-for-medicine.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

New technique to deliver life-saving drugs to the brain

In a study published in today's issue of Nature Communications, researchers from Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine describe a revolutionary technique they have developed that can deliver and fully release the anti-HIV drug AZTTP into the brain.

Read more here: http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130416-911139.html

Interactive: Scientists target deadly viruses with a revolutionary new technique

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