Fixing the Brain

March 18, 2007

Weizmann Institute Professor Vivian Teichberg, Professor Yoram Shapira of the Soroka Medical Center, and Dr. Alexander Zlotnik of Ben Gurion University of the Negev have developed a possible solution that may bypass many of the delivery problems with the drugs available for the purpose.

They discovered that a certain enzyme injected into the blood of rats acted to contain and absorb the glutamate as it spilled into the brain, preventing most of the damage. The method will next be tested in clinical trials to examine whether it could have a similar effect on a human brain.

For more information: 972-8-934-2232, [email protected], www.weizmann.ac.il

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