Microfluidic Device With Artificial Arteries Measures Drugs' Influence on Blood Clotting
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
A new microfluidic method for evaluating drugs commonly used for preventing heart attacks has found that while aspirin can prevent dangerous blood clots in some at-risk patients, it may not be effective in all patients with narrowed arteries. The study, which involved 14 human subjects, used a device that simulated blood flowing through narrowed coronary arteries to assess effects of anti-clotting drugs.