`Organ-on-a-Chip` May Help Treat Brain Injuries and Disease
(World News Science)

Russell Cothren Nasya Sturdivant, a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is working on building an artificial blood-brain barrier. Her research could help develop drugs to treat traumatic brain injury, as well as diseases such as Alzheimer`s and Parkinson`s. A traumatic brain injury is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. The severity of such an injury may range from mild to severe. At least 2 percent of the U.S. population has been disabled by traumatic brain injuries, including thousands of military veterans. Nasya Sturdivant, a doctoral student in the Department of Biomedical...