Scientists at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have developed a ground-breaking technique to deliver therapeutic molecules directly to the brain, bypassing the blood-brain barrier.
Led by Dr Haosheng Shen, lead researcher from the Synthetic Biology Translational Research Programme, NUS Medicine and the NUS Synthetic Biology for Clinical and Technological Innovation (SynCTI) this novel approach utilises a naturally occurring nasal bacterium, Lactobacillus plantarum (Lp),