Tag: Blood clots

  • Nation & World

    Using AI to prevent blood clots, strokes

    Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based method to predict the risk of atrial fibrillation within the next five years based on results from electrocardiograms.

    3 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Platelet ‘decoys’ outsmart both clots and cancer

    A team of researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and several collaborating institutions has created a drug-free, reversible antiplatelet therapy that uses deactivated “decoy” platelets to reduce the risk of blood clots and potentially prevent cancer metastasis.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A hydrogel that helps stop uncontrolled bleeding

    Harvard researchers have developed a hydrogel that can be easily injected into blood vessels, helping to stop uncontrolled bleeding even in patients on blood-thinners or with bleeding disorders.

    4 minutes
    Histological staining of an untreated vessel where blood can freely flow (image 1) and a vessel (image 2) that was successfully filled and embolized with the shear-thinning biomaterial (STB). Over time, the STB was degraded and replaced by natural tissue in with only remnants of the STB (indicated by asterisks). Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
  • Nation & World

    Closer to detecting when and why blood clots form

    A research team at the Wyss Institute has developed a novel microfluidic device in which blood flows through a lifelike network of small “vessels.” Using automated pressure sensors and a proprietary algorithm, the data acquired is analyzed in real time and precisely predicts when a certain blood sample will obstruct the blood vessel network.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Blood clot breakthrough uses drug-device combo

    Harvard-affiliated researchers are working on a procedure that will allow fully obstructed blood clots in the brain to be cleared using a device that opens a small channel through the blockage, which combines with a clot-busting drug to target the obstructed site.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Clot-busting technology goes straight to work

    Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard have developed a novel biomimetic strategy that delivers life-saving nanotherapeutics directly to obstructed blood vessels, dissolving blood clots before they cause serious damage or even death.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Flavonoid compound can prevent blood clots

    Harvard researchers have shown that a compound called rutin, commonly found in fruits and vegetables and sold over the counter as a dietary supplement, inhibits the formation of blood clots in an animal model of thrombosis.

    4 minutes