Bin Liu, PhD, associate professor at The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, is among the authors of a newly published paper appearing in the leading scientific journal Nature, entitled ...

A key protein in the blood clotting process, called von Willebrand factor (VWF), protrudes as a long multimeric chain from the lining of blood vessels, unravelling as it encounters blood flow.

Vitamin K is essential for blood clotting. Fruits like kiwi and avocado, as well as green leafy veggies, are packed with this ...

Zwitterions sound like a distant cousin of Twitter (X), but in fact they are a common macromolecule found in human cells.

per 100 ml. of plasma. Heparin may interfere at a number of points in the coagulation mechanism (as discussed below under "Anticoagulants"), and a blood specimen for a valid determination of ...

The government has set aside £11.8bn to compensate victims of the infected blood scandal, after a public inquiry found the ...

Researchers at McMaster University have made a discovery in the field of hematology, providing an explanation for spontaneous ...

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously ...

Researchers found this new blood clotting disorder to have certain similarities ... antibodies), thus pointing to an ongoing pathological process rather than a short-term anomaly.

A team of researchers have made a new discovery in the field of hematology, providing an explanation for spontaneous and ...

Their findings indicate that higher MP concentrations in blood were linked to greater levels of markers of inflammation and coagulation ... and easy to process. Global plastic production increased ...