Patients predisposed to blood clots present genetic markers
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 - 09:50
in Health & Medicine
UCD researchers jointly led by Conway Fellow, Dr. Patricia Maguire and Professor Des Fitzgerald, Professor of Molecular Medicine & Vice-President for Research, have identified new genes that contribute to platelet function and promote blood clot formation. Their findings are described recently in a leading haematology journal, Blood.