In 1993, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin noticed that when they dehydrated a piece of human aorta using a hyperosmotic agent—a chemical that pulls water out of tissue—it ...
1 Department of Biomedical Science and Technology, School of Biological Sciences, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Kolkata, India 2 Department of ...
Dr. Ramakrishnan's lab focuses on signal transduction in autoimmunity and inflammation as well as immunometabolism. Studies involve cellular and molecular approaches, animal models and patient samples ...
Another approach is to transiently permeabilize the BBB through hyperosmotic mannitol. Along similar lines, the use of disruptive mechanical methods, such as the release of microbubble ...