Blood-Brain Barrier

Overcoming a Big Barrier: Hesperos CEO awarded for Blood-Brain Barrier Innovation

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shuler

Getting drugs past the neuroprotective blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been a perplexing problem and formidable challenge for researchers and pharmaceutical companies alike. Hesperos’s creation of a microfluidic model capable of mimicking in vivo characteristics of the blood-brain barrier for prolonged periods was therefore widely welcomed, and recently earned CEO Michael L. Shuler recognition from the American … Read more

Hesperos Multi-Organ System Featured in Science

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hesperos

The challenge: Build microfluidic devices that can keep cells alive in a setting that mimics specific organs or tissues, and incorporate biosensors to measure the cells’ physiology. The goal: Mimic diseases and test drug responses that traditional 2D culture systems and animal models have been unable to predict, filling a critical gap in drug development … Read more