Yale Medicine School: Blood-Brain Barrier Protects Against Inflammation But Creates Challenges for Brain Tumor Treatment
May 12, 2022
May 12, 2022
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, May 12 (TNSRes) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news:
When it comes to inflammation, not all organs are created equal.
Some--including the brain and the spinal cord--are what's known as "privileged."By that, immunologists mean that it is very hard to produce inflammation in them, because these organs have very few immune cells. First, it is difficult for the immune cells to enter them to get in, and then the organs . . .
When it comes to inflammation, not all organs are created equal.
Some--including the brain and the spinal cord--are what's known as "privileged."By that, immunologists mean that it is very hard to produce inflammation in them, because these organs have very few immune cells. First, it is difficult for the immune cells to enter them to get in, and then the organs . . .