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Health
Fraser Barton

Qld researchers unlock Alzheimer's barrier

Queensland researchers have forged a path to delivering Alzheimer's drugs directly to the brain in a major scientific breakthrough.

Scientists at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute created models of the human blood-brain barrier, a wall of cells that protects the brain from pathogens and toxins, and successfully opened it.

The barrier works as a natural shield and blocks 98 per cent of disease-fighting drugs from entering the brain.

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