Graphene-coated heart valves could sidestep harmful drugs
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
Every year thousands of people are fitted with artificial heart valves to replace their own malfunctioning valve. Many of these patients, however, have to remain on drugs that stop blood clotting on these artificial valves. Now researchers have developed an artificial enzyme that would allow such patients to do away with such drugs altogether.
