A new way to remove unwanted heparin from blood
Monday, November 10, 2008 - 12:22
in Health & Medicine
Scientists in Poland are reporting development of a potential new way to quickly remove the anticoagulant heparin from patients' blood in order to avoid unwanted side effects that can happen with the current use of that blood thinner. Their new polymer material will be described in the 8 December issue of ACS' Biomacromolecules, a monthly journal...
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