Scientists Find a Key Protein That Allows Plavix to Conquer Platelets
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
UNC researchers found that the blood platelet protein Rasa3 is critical to the success of the common anti-platelet drug Plavix, which breaks up blood clots during heart attacks and other arterial diseases. The discovery could prove important for creating drugs to alter platelet function.