Spheroids Mimic the Blood-Brain Barrier (IMAGE)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Spheroids Mimic the Blood-Brain Barrier

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Blood-brain-barrier spheroids present high level of efflux pump (left: green) and tight junctions (center and right: green) on the surface of each spheroid to keep foreign molecules out.

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Courtesy of Choi-Fong Cho, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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