The discovery solves a decades long puzzle about what sets off blood clotting. (Nanowerk News) If you’ve ever accidentally sliced yourself on a broken glass or a piece of paper, you may have noticed ...

Researchers have discovered a new role for the blood clotting protein, von Willebrand Factor (VWF), that could lead to the development of new treatments for patients with inflammatory and blood ...

Largest study to date of protein S deficiency finds highest-risk gene variants most likely to disrupt protein S activity. Carriers of these high-risk variants had total protein S levels that were ...

Scientists at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin, Ireland, have discovered a new role for the blood clotting protein, von Willebrand Factor (VWF), that could lead to the ...

If you've ever accidentally sliced yourself on a broken glass or a piece of paper, you may have noticed that the bleeding can be hard to stop. Scientists have long wondered how the cascade of events ...

Published in Nature Communications, the research finds that VWF plays an important role in regulating immune responses at sites of blood vessel injury. This means that the protein has a newly ...

Actin polymerization results in the sequential formation of filopodia, lamellipodia, and stress fibers in platelets, but the molecular mechanisms regulating these processes were unknown. In 15 June ...

Protein S activity is a test to judge your risk of blood clots. Blood clots that form in the veins are dangerous. Protein S is a substance that controls the blood clotting mechanism and prevents ...

Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a protein crucial to the blood clotting process. If you don’t have enough of this protein, or if it doesn’t work as it’s supposed to, you may have von Willebrand disease ...

Nissui patented a method for fabricating processed food products with protein, lipid, and water by continuously heat-coagulating a mixture in a tubular body with an interior heating system. The ...