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Researchers develop nanoparticles designed to cross the blood-brain barrier

Scientists are engineering particle-based delivery systems intended to ferry large molecules such as proteins and messenger RNA past the blood-brain barrier, a membrane that normally blocks such compounds from reaching brain tissue. Small chemicals like paracetamol already pass through naturally, but bigger therapeutic molecules cannot, limiting treatment options for brain disorders.