Researchers at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC-CSIC) have discovered and synthesized a number of molecules that inhibit the effects of ...

Heparin, the life saving blood thinner used in major surgeries and treatment of heart diseases, is a complicated drug but a research team has set out to make its use a lot safer by developing a ...

Low-molecular-weight heparin is commonly used in surgeries to prevent dangerous blood clots. But when patients experience the other extreme – uncontrolled bleeding – in response to ...

Doctors rely on the drug heparin, a blood thinner, to prevent blood clots during surgery and kidney dialysis. But they also rely on protamine, which binds heparin and blocks its action, to restore ...

Heparin, the life saving blood thinner used in major surgeries, is a complicated drug but a research team has set out to make its use a lot safer by developing a universal antidote. Heparin, the life ...

A gas molecule has been attached to protamine sulfate by a research team, creating a new nitric oxide generator that could potentially reduce bleeding complications during surgery. During open-heart ...

Scientists at the University of Sydney, Australia, and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom (LSTM), have made a remarkable discovery: a commonly used blood thinner, heparin, can be ...

To prevent blood clots during procedures such as heart surgery, doctors administer the anticoagulant heparin. In some cases—particularly overdoses—physicians need an “antidote” that binds to heparin ...

A common blood thinner can be used as an antidote for cobra bites, researchers have discovered. The drug heparin can be repurposed as an inexpensive antidote for the snake venom, “drastically” ...

Durham, NC - Clinicians have been telling researchers that they'd like to have access to a safer anticoagulant that offers a way out in the event of complicationsa less toxic heparin-protamine pairing ...

A Northwestern University research team potentially has found a safer way to keep blood vessels healthy during and after surgery. During open-heart procedures, physicians administer large doses of a ...