New Transporter Bypasses Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Creatine

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1. 13d ago
   
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   New Transporter Bypasses Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Creatine

   How can drugs bypass the brain's tightest security checkpoint? Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland discovered that hijacking the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT) allows creatine derivatives to cross the blood-brain barrier, offering hope for rare deficiency syndromes.

2. 13d ago
   Reddit r/Biohackers obscure study

   Researchers Hijack Multivitamin Transporters (SMVT) to Deliver Creatine Across the Blood-Brain Barrier

   Standard oral creatine has limited penetration across the blood-brain barrier (and fails completely in people with defective SLC6A8 transporters). Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland engineered creatine derivatives that hijack the sodium-dependent multivitamin transporter (SMVT)—the…

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