Scientists find key protein that allows Plavix to conquer platelets

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 12:30 in Health & Medicine

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, researchers have found. The discovery could prove important for creating drugs to alter platelet function.

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