<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The blood-brain barrier keeps bad actors like toxins, viruses, and bacteria from entering the brain. &lt;span style= "color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt;But in the case of brain cancer when the danger is already inside, the blood-brain barrier can work against a person's health by shutting out the medications meant to eliminate the threat. Dr. Sadhana Jackson from the&lt;/span&gt; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) &lt;span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt;works to figure out ways to selectively get cancer treatments through the blood-brain barrier to treat patients with certain types of brain tumors known as gliomas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style= "color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"&gt;Learn more about Dr. Jackson work at &lt;a href= "https://irp.nih.gov/pi/sadhana-jackson"&gt;https://irp.nih.gov/pi/sadhana-jackson&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Speaking of Science

The Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Dr. Sadhana Jackson — Breaking Through the Blood-Brain Barrier

JAN 18, 202425 MIN
Speaking of Science

Dr. Sadhana Jackson — Breaking Through the Blood-Brain Barrier

JAN 18, 202425 MIN

Description

The blood-brain barrier keeps bad actors like toxins, viruses, and bacteria from entering the brain. But in the case of brain cancer when the danger is already inside, the blood-brain barrier can work against a person's health by shutting out the medications meant to eliminate the threat. Dr. Sadhana Jackson from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) works to figure out ways to selectively get cancer treatments through the blood-brain barrier to treat patients with certain types of brain tumors known as gliomas. Learn more about Dr. Jackson work at https://irp.nih.gov/pi/sadhana-jackson.