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Nanoparticles that speed blood clotting may someday save lives

1,606 views · Published 23 August 2016 · 18:02 · Indexed 23 October 2026

Channel: American Chemical Society · 2016 · Science & Technology

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Whether severe trauma occurs on the battlefield or the highway, saving lives often comes down to stopping the bleeding as quickly as possible. Many methods for controlling external bleeding exist, but at this point, only surgery can halt blood loss inside the body from injury to internal organs. Now, researchers have developed nanoparticles that congregate wherever injury occurs in the body to help it form blood clots, and they’ve validated these particles in test tubes and in vivo. 

Erin Lavik, Sc.D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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