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The brain and spinal cord are insulated by a tight cellular seal called the blood-brain barrier that prevents foreign chemicals from easily getting into the brain.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The brain and spinal cord are insulated by a tight cellular seal called the blood-brain barrier that prevents foreign chemicals from easily getting into the brain.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The brain and spinal cord are insulated by a tight cellular seal called the blood-brain barrier that prevents foreign chemicals from easily getting into the brain.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The entire neurological system is protected by something called the blood-brain barrier, a set of tightly packed cells that acts as kind of a filter system, protecting the brain.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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The entire neurological system is protected by something called the blood-brain barrier, a set of tightly packed cells that acts as kind of a filter system, protecting the brain.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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The entire neurological system is protected by something called the blood-brain barrier, a set of tightly packed cells that acts as kind of a filter system, protecting the brain.
You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007
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The brain is walled off from the microbiome by a series of biochemical moats and ramparts known as the blood-brain barrier.
Wired Top Stories bdagosti 2011
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One advantage of IGF-II is that it can cross the blood-brain barrier, so it could potentially be administered through the bloodstream or as a vapor through the nose, rather than injected directly into the brain.
Protein Is Found to Boost Memory Shirley S. Wang 2011
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Current treatments can relieve many symptoms, but not the neurological effects, because the therapies can't cross the blood-brain barrier, according to the companies.
Pfizer, Biotech Partner to Develop Drugs for Rare Diseases Jonathan D. Rockoff 2011
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"The drug comes in and it's soaked up, and you try to soak up as much as you can before it crosses the blood-brain barrier."
Quest for Vaccines to Treat Addiction Mark Long 2011
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