Opening the brain blood barrier to treat brain tumours KU Leuven
Glioblastoma, the most common form of malignant primary brain tumour in adults, is an incurable disease with a poor prognosis and an average survival rate of about 15 months under current therapies. One of the major obstacles to treatment is the blood brain barrier. Part of our body’s natural defence system, the blood brain barrier keeps disease-causing pathogens from passing into brain tissue, but it also blocks medicines that ...