We have fractionated crude porcine heparin to obtain highly active as well as relatively inactive species of molecular weight ≈ 7000 with specific anticoagulant activities of 360 and 12 units/mg, ...

Heparin started in the ambulance or emergency department (ED) makes it more likely a patient with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) will present to the cath lab without a ...

A widely available and affordable drug has been shown to be effective in treating seriously ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new international study led by researchers at the Australian National ...

WASHINGTON — A contaminated blood thinner from China suspected in dozens of U.S. deaths has become a worldwide public health problem, with 10 other countries detecting the often-toxic ingredient, ...

A new method to analyse the blood thinning drug Heparin has been developed that can pinpoint contaminants more accurately and quickly, providing greater quality control and safety. A new method to ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said more than 100 patients have died while taking the blood thinner heparin since early 2007. The agency found that 62 deaths are associated with ...