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Busting the Brain’s Firewall: How Lantern Pharma’s Algorithms Can Predict a Drug’s Ability to Reach the Brain
by Lance Murray | May 2, 2023
The "blood-brain barrier" acts like a highly selective firewall, preventing an estimated 98% of drugs from entering the brain—making it a major hurdle in the development of brain and central nervous system drugs. Lantern Pharma has recently developed what it calls "highly accurate AI algorithms" to predict the ability of a drug or compound to pass through the barrier.
