Scientists have developed a biodegradable implant that helps chemotherapy drugs penetrate the blood-brain barrier and deliver a direct hit on brain tumors. MedTwitter
, which normally struggles to get through the blood-brain barrier. The tumors shrank, and the mice doubled their lifetime, compared to untreated mice. The mice showed no bad health effects 6 months later.The biodegradable implant is made of glycine, an amino acid that's also strongly piezoelectric, meaning it vibrates when subjected to an electrical current.
of a nonbiodegradable implant for treating brain tumors. Ultrasound can focus energy on precise targets in the body. Doctors now understand more than 30 ways that ultrasound interacts with tissue — from destroying abnormal tissue to delivering drugs more effectively to stimulating an immune response. A decade ago, only five such interactions were known.
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