Birmingham scientists have described a potential new target and strategy for anti-thrombotic therapy, in research that provides a new perspective on how blood clotting works in infectious and inflammatory diseases.
Aug 23, 2021
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Inflammation and blood clotting seen in very severe cases of COVID-19 may be caused by the antibodies sent to fight the disease activating unnecessary platelet activity in the lungs.
Jul 28, 2021
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Mothers who follow a high fat diet may be affecting the cardiovascular health of their sons, according to a new study in mice.
Jul 13, 2021
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A McMaster University team of researchers recently discovered how, exactly, the COVID-19 vaccines that use adenovirus vectors trigger a rare but sometimes fatal blood clotting reaction called vaccine-induced immune thrombotic ...
Jul 7, 2021
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More than 2 million coronary artery stents are implanted each year to help protect or restore normal blood flow to the heart, to treat patients suffering from angina or a heart attack due to coronary artery disease (CAD). ...
Jun 17, 2021
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A new lifesaving treatment for people suffering from vaccine-related blood clots has been demonstrated by scientists at McMaster University.
Jun 9, 2021
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Heart attacks and strokes—the leading causes of death in human beings—are fundamentally blood clots of the heart and brain. Better understanding how the blood-clotting process works and how to accelerate or slow down ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Treating patients with acute respiratory failure is a constant challenge in intensive care medicine. In most cases, the underlying cause is lung inflammation triggered by a bacterial infection or—more rarely, despite being ...
Jun 2, 2021
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A new miniature 3D model of human bone marrow has been described today in the open-access eLife journal.
Jun 1, 2021
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With COVID-19 community transmission on the rise once again, those aged over 50 are weighing up the benefits of being vaccinated against the virus with the very rare risk of blood clotting induced by the AstraZeneca vaccine.
May 27, 2021
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