A Safer Way To Shrink Deadly Blood Clots, University of North Carolina Study

Researchers have discovered a way to shrink dangerous blood clots by 50 percent. They say it might offer a safer alternative to blood thinners.

Experiments with mice and human blood focused on the role of an enzyme known as factor XIII. Mice without the enzyme had much smaller clots compared to normal mice.

The discovery could have major implications for people at high risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a condition that—together with its deadly cousin pulmonary embolism—kills as many as 100,000 people every year in the United States.

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