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Do light cigarettes deliver less nicotine to the brain than regular cigarettes?
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 3 weeks (esciencenews.com)
For decades now, cigarette makers have marketed so-called light cigarettes — which contain less nicotine than regular smokes — with the implication that they are less harmful to smokers' health. A new UCLA study shows, however, that they deliver nearly as much nicotine to the brain despite having a lower overall nicotine content. 


A New Methods Improve the Odds of Getting Drugs to the Brain Cells
yoyotaxi submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (biology.plosjournals.org)
Researchers developing drugs to treat brain disorders face a major hurdle: crossing the blood-brain barrier. What will it take to translate billions of dollars of research into therapeutic success? 
fiona submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.the-scientist.com)
"Using a combination of gene therapy and receptor targeting, scientists have successfully enabled a protein to cross the blood-brain barrier into the central nervous system, a crucial step in delivering drugs to diseased brains, according to a study in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences." 
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