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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/45e451a4-df1f-4ff7-a096-978e43070347_hq.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study: Breaking Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Brain Diseases' data-article-id='3333'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='4021'>Our brains are protected by our skull.</span> <span data-start-time='4021' data-end-time='7208'>But that is not the only protection it has.</span> <span data-start-time='7208' data-end-time='17438'>A natural barrier around our brains prevents germs and other damaging substances in the blood from entering the brain.</span> <span data-start-time='17438' data-end-time='22542'>Doctors call this protection the blood-brain barrier.</span> <span data-start-time='22542' data-end-time='26771'>However, it does more than protect.</span> <span data-start-time='26771' data-end-time='31917'>This barrier also stops medicines from entering the brain.</span> <span data-start-time='31917' data-end-time='41938'>Doctors have trouble using drugs to treat brain tumors, Alzheimer&rsquo;s and other diseases affecting the brain.</span> <span data-start-time='41938' data-end-time='50042'>So researchers have been trying to find safe ways to get drugs through the barrier.</span> <span data-start-time='50042' data-end-time='57813'>At Imperial College, London, researchers have been performing experiments with mice.</span> <span data-start-time='57813' data-end-time='63521'>Doctor James Choi is a leader of this research effort.</span> <span data-start-time='63521' data-end-time='72333'>He describes the blood-brain barrier as a secure entry point -- what he calls border patrol.</span> <span data-start-time='72333' data-end-time='76938'>This keeps out harmful germs or pathogens.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/AF79C4C2-D865-43ED-8C2A-16550259D4A9_cx0_cy8_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11412 data-hint-location='4021' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/what_does_protection_mean.wav'>What does protection mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='something that prevents harm or injury'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/something_that_causes_harm_or_injury.wav'><span>something that causes harm or injury</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/something_that_prevents_harm_or_injury.wav'><span>something that prevents harm or injury</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/a_confusing_questions.wav'><span>a confusing questions</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/something_that_promotes_risktaking.wav'><span>something that promotes risk-taking</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=11413 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/our_brains_are_protected_by_our_what.wav'>Our brains are protected by our what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='skull'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/happiness.wav'><span>happiness</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/strength.wav'><span>strength</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/skull.wav'><span>skull</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/hair.wav'><span>hair</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=11414 data-hint-location='41938' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/researchers_have_been_trying_to_find_safe_ways_to_get_drugs_through_the__blank_.wav'>Researchers have been trying to find safe ways to get drugs through the <span class='blank'>barrier</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='barrier'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/feet.wav'><span>feet</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/teeth.wav'><span>teeth</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/skin.wav'><span>skin</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2775/barrier.wav'><span>barrier</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button 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