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Researchers find drug effective to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to research, patients taking efgartigimod, a medication being tested for use in the treatment of chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), showed a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts, which are necessary for clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those t
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Researchers find effective drug to treat autoimmune blood disorder
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patients taking efgartigimod, a drug being studied for use to treat chronic primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), exhibited a significantly greater improvement in platelet counts which are essential to clotting and stopping bleeding, compared to those taking a placebo, according to results
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Researchers imbue cells with pathway to make own drugs
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Chemists find a rare genetic pathway that helps mammalian cells become drug factories or sensors by synthesizing noncanonical amino acids. The clues came from an uncommon bird.
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Study: Vitamin K has a novel function in the prevention of cell death
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Researchers report on a novel function of vitamin K, which is generally known for its importance in blood clotting. The researchers discovered that the fully reduced form of vitamin K acts as an antioxidant efficiently inhibiting ferroptotic cell death.
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Smartphone app can detect how well blood clots with a single drop of it, f
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): Blood clots form naturally as a way to stop bleeding when someone is injured. A team of researchers at the University of Washington developed a new blood-clotting test that used only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera. The s
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E-cigarettes with nicotine cause blood clotting, make small blood vessels
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Sheffield [UK], September 6 (ANI): According to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress using e-cigarettes containing nicotine causes an immediate increase in the formation of blood clots and deterioration in the ability of small blood vessels to expand
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Blood clotting may be root cause of long COVID-19 syndrome, researchers fi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], August 17 (ANI): New study led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences shows that patients with Long COVID-19 syndrome continue to have higher measures of blood clotting, which may help explain their persistent symptoms, such as reduced physical
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Blood clots in people with severe COVID-19 may be related to abnormal anti
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], July 28 (ANI): Inflammation and blood clotting seen in very severe cases of Covid-19 may be caused by the antibodies sent to fight the disease activating unnecessary platelet activity in the lungs.
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Bleeding, clotting events following COVID vaccination 'minuscule' in India
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The National Adverse Event Following Immunization (AEFI) Committee in its report submitted to the Union Health Ministry said that bleeding and clotting cases following COVID vaccination in India are "minuscule" and in line with the expected number of diagn
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Neurological Complications of COVID-19 Infection can be Effectively Manage
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 24 (ANI/News Voir): Ever since the spread of COVID-19 affected multitudes of people across the globe, there is increasing identification of Post-COVID long term health conditions such as fibrotic lung, new-onset diabetes, stroke, new-onset epilepsy, psycho
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Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine amid blood clotting concer
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The Dutch authorities are halting the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus amid concerns over recent blood clotting incidents.
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Aspirin more preferable to prevent blood clots in kids post-surgery
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 20 (ANI): A recent research has discovered that in order to prevent blood clotting in children who undergo surgery that replumbs their hearts, aspirin should be favoured over warfarin in them.
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