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New drug targets clots: A potential treatment for heart attack and stroke prevention – Medical Xpress
Monash researchers have developed a drug that can be potentially given as a preventative against heart attack. The drug—which has been studied in human cells and animal models—literally blocks the minute changes in blood flow that preempts a heart attack and …
Monash researchers have developed a drug that can be potentially given as a preventative against heart attack. The drugwhich has been studied in human cells and animal modelsliterally blocks the minute changes in blood flow that preempts a heart attack and acts on the platelets preventing the platelet-triggered clot before it can kill or cause damage.
Importantly, the drug may have a role in preventing the clotting that is the hallmark of COVID-19.
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