Shape of things to come in platelet mimicry

Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 04:32 in Physics & Chemistry

For the first time, researchers have been able to integratively mimic the shape, size, flexibility and surface chemistry of real blood platelets on albumin-based particles. The platelet mimics halt bleeding in mouse models 65 percent faster than nature alone.

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