Trojan Horse ploy to sneak protective drug into brains of stroke patients

Trojan horse in Canakkale, TurkeyImage via Wikipedia
This is a neat approach. Many protein messengers that might be useful in the brain, including erythropoetin,  are prevented from entry by the blood brain barrier. Coupling erythropoetin to an antibody that does traverse the barrier provided an entry route for EPO as well.

NGF or other growth factors in Alzheimer's ?  Neuregulin is schizophrenia ?
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