Targeting Drugs to Specific Neurons

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Written By maryb
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Scientists have devised a homing system to deliver drugs to specific types of neurons in the brain. The method, named DART (Drugs Acutely Restricted by Tethering), works by genetically programming a specific cell type to express an enzyme borrowed from bacteria. The enzyme acts as a sort of GPS beacon, capturing drugs loaded with a complementary homing device.Read more about it at Bioengineering Today: New Technique Targets Drugs to Specific Neurons.

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