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, ...

Now reported in the Journal are the results of an international, multiplatform, randomized clinical trial that combined data from patients who were enrolled in one conventional randomized trial (ACTIV ...

Blood thinners don’t really thin your blood. They just interrupt your body’s natural clotting process. Warfarin and heparin act on different parts of this process. Doctors usually prescribe warfarin ...

New research reveals that patients receiving heparin therapy were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease up to two years later, suggesting a possible protective effect of this common anticoagulant. Study: ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Investigation begins after hospital gives 17 babies too much blood thinner. July 10, 2008 — -- Texas authorities are investigating the death of two infants after a Corpus Christi hospital gave 17 ...