Light responsive nanomotors dissolve blood clots and repair vessel tissue by combining catalytic activity, targeted motion, and gentle heating for coordinated thrombolysis and endothelial regeneration ...

New research reveals that red blood cells play an unexpected active role in tightening blood clots, a discovery that could change how we approach clotting-related diseases. Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

The Philadelphia Phillies placed Zack Wheeler on the 15-day IL on Saturday due to a blood clot in his right arm. President of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Wheeler was diagnosed with a ...

Blood clots are among the most feared medical emergencies, and for good reason. They can lead to heart attacks, strokes and death. But not all clots are dangerous. In fact, clotting is a natural and ...

Ever since William Harvey outlined the circulation of the blood, textbooks have assigned distinct roles to blood’s cellular cast. Platelets served as the tiny workhorses that pulled clotting protein ...

tPA, initially for stroke, is used in ophthalmology for intraocular fibrin management, especially in severe acute uveitis cases. At Shiley Eye Institute, tPA rapidly dissolves fibrin clots, improving ...

Researchers at Stanford University say they have developed a more effective way to treat strokes. The new technology, called the milli-spinner thrombectomy, has been shown to have more successful ...

Every year, millions of people develop dangerous blood clots in their legs without realizing the life-threatening risk growing within their bodies. These formations, medically known as deep vein ...

When trying to remove life-threatening clots from blood vessels, current technologies are successful on only about half of the first attempts – if at all. A new surgical tool, however, is claimed to ...