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Blood Clotting

Key to blood clotting discovered

Scientists discover a molecular mechanism that is key to regulating the way blood clots, which could help treat disorders. Ref. Source 3

Clotting Blood

Novel PET tracer detects small blood clots. Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke, and pulmonary embolism, which are major causes of mortality. Now researchers show that targeting GPIIb/IIIa receptors, the key receptor involved in platelet clumping, with a fluorine-18 labeled ligand is a promising approach for diagnostic imaging. Source 9d.

Blood Clotting Health & Special Psychology

This while it is good to keep blood clots from forming in the body can prove to be a issue if the blood can not clot to protect the body from a small wound. I can see this being good and bad.

Clotting Blood

'Shapeshifter' that regulates blood clotting is visually captured for the first time. It has not been possible to witness exactly how von Willebrand factor senses and harnesses mechanical forces in our blood vessels -- until now. Medical researchers have revealed exactly how VWF stops bleeding from cuts and bruises. Cutting-edge fluorescence imaging and microfluidic tools allowed them to capture images of individual VWF molecules elongating and relaxing in response to blood flow. Source 6q.

Clotting Blood

This is nice to learn. If they can research how to make a smart drug that will combat clotting in a local area because of this instead of a general anti clogging drug then we could see some serious break throughs in medical science.

Blood Clotting

This is huge stuff. Not only will this possibly help with understanding diseases where people clot too much, it'll help with diseases where they clog too little or not at all. Furthermore, it may be a life saver on the battlefield to help people with traumatic injuries.

Blood Clotting

New clinical practice guidelines for venous thromboembolism. Venous thromboembolism (VTE), a term referring to blood clots in the veins, is a highly prevalent and far-reaching public health problem that can cause disability and death. Despite effective new options for prevention and treatment, VTE remains a threat underappreciated by the general public, causing up to 100,000 deaths annually in the United States alone. Source 9c.