Curing Cancer: Allen Thomas Aims to Better Treat Brain Diseases
February 18, 2019
February 18, 2019
KEARNEY, Nebraska, Feb. 18 -- The University of Nebraska Kearney campus issued the following news:
Diseases that attack the brain are particularly difficult, if not impossible, to treat.
Brain cancer has just a 34.7 percent five-year survival rate, and Alzheimer's disease kills many it afflicts. Part of the reason why is that the brain has a defense mechanism, the "blood-brain barrier," that protects it from harmful chemicals, bacteria and viruses. That barrie . . .
Diseases that attack the brain are particularly difficult, if not impossible, to treat.
Brain cancer has just a 34.7 percent five-year survival rate, and Alzheimer's disease kills many it afflicts. Part of the reason why is that the brain has a defense mechanism, the "blood-brain barrier," that protects it from harmful chemicals, bacteria and viruses. That barrie . . .