Temperature-dependent drug may prevent blood clots during therapeutic hypothermia

Monday, April 12, 2010 - 15:14 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have developed what may be the first temperature-dependent drug that starts working at the cooler temperatures of therapeutic hypothermia and stops when body temperature is raised to a normal level. The drug may prevent blood clots during therapeutic hypothermia by blocking platelets from clumping together.

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