Stressed proteins can cause blood clots for hours

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 16:31 in Biology & Nature

New research has revealed how stresses of flow in the small blood vessels of the heart and brain could cause a common protein to change shape and form dangerous blood clots. The scientists report that the proteins can remain in the clot-initiating shape for up to five hours before settling back into their normal, healthy shape.

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