A new type of brain implant may have implications for both brain research and future treatments of neurological diseases such as epilepsy.

DNA nanopyramids slip through the brain's protective barrier and release cancer drugs only when they detect the acidic ...

Enabling Direct Therapeutic Access Beyond the Blood-Brain Barrier BALTIMORE, /PRNewswire/ -- CraniUS Therapeutics LLC, a privately held neurotechnology company, today announced it has raised $20 ...

A team of Canadian scientists has uncovered a new way to slow the growth of glioblastoma, the most aggressive and currently incurable form of brain cancer—and identified an existing medication that ...

Modern cancer therapies have resulted in higher survival rates for victims of this dread disease, in many cases. However, their generic mode of delivery and action is associated with greater adverse ...

Targeted drug delivery is a powerful and promising area of medicine. Therapies that pinpoint the exact areas of the body where they're needed—and nowhere they're not—can reduce the medicine dosage and ...

The human brain comprises billions of neurons, synapses, and cell types, making it one of the universe’s most intricate and dynamic structures. However, the complexity and sensitivity of the brain can ...

Scientists at McMaster University and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have identified a previously hidden population of brain cells that actively fuel glioblastoma growth — and, crucially, ...