Researchers Discover That JAM-A Protein Keeps Blood Clots--the Cause of Heart Attacks and Strokes--in Check
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 09:01
in Biology & Nature
Previously, scientists thought the blood protein Junctional Adhesion Molecule A (JAM-A) stimulated platelets to form clots. Now UD researchers have shown that JAM-A actually inhibits the formation of clots--the direct cause of heart attacks and strokes.