'Reversible' Blood Thinner May Cut Bleeding Risk (IMAGE)

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'Reversible' Blood Thinner May Cut Bleeding Risk

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Researchers have developed an antibody that prevents blood clots without causing bleeding, a risk associated with current anticoagulant drugs. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 24, 2016 issue of <i>Science Translational Medicine</i>, published by AAAS. The paper, by T. David at University of California, San Francisco in San Francisco, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Factor XIa-specific IgG and a reversal agent to probe factor XI function in thrombosis and hemostasis."

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Chris Bickel / <i>Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)

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