A new anti-platelet drug shows potential for treating blood vessel clots in heart attacks, strokes and, possibly, COVID-19

Scientists have developed and tested a new anti-clotting drug in mice that shows promise for treating heart attacks and stroke. It may also prove useful for COVID-19.

Xiaoping Du, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago • conversation
July 15, 2020 • ~8 min

Thicker blood may explain odd COVID-19 blood clots

"COVID-19 is a unique disease. There is more going on with these atypical blood clots than we first realized.

Janet Christenbury-Emory • futurity
June 8, 2020 • ~5 min

Device offers new way to detect blood clots

A new medical device could offer a better way to detect blood clots, especially in children, researchers say.

Jennifer Reiley-Texas A&M • futurity
May 20, 2020 • ~6 min

Coronavirus may be increasing risk of stroke – doctors on the frontline witness new pattern

Why did a fit, healthy man have so many blood clots in rapid succession, despite blood-thinning treatment?

Arvind Chandratheva, Consultant Neurologist and Honorary Associate Professor, UCL • conversation
May 15, 2020 • ~10 min

African Americans with cancer have higher risk of blood clots

African Americans with cancer face a higher risk of blood clots, a new study shows.

Gina DiGravio-Boston • futurity
Dec. 17, 2019 • ~3 min

Platelet ‘decoys’ outsmart both clots and cancer

A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and several collaborating institutions has created a drug-free, reversible antiplatelet therapy that uses deactivated “decoy” platelets to reduce the risk of blood clots and potentially prevent cancer metastasis.

Lindsay Brownell • harvard
Feb. 13, 2019 • ~8 min

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