Deactivated platelets offer a potential drug-free, reversible antiplatelet therapy. What do heart disease, stroke, sepsis, and cancer have in common, aside from being deadly diseases? They’re all linked to activated platelets. New research has created ‘decoy’ platelets that can both prevent blood clots and keep cancer from spreading.
Several antiplatelet drugs have been developed to combat platelet-related conditions, but their effects are not easily reversible, and patients taking these drugs are at risk of uncontrolled bleeding if injured...
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