Vascular Disease

Antibody Found To Destroy Platelets

Published in Blood Weekly, October 11th, 2001

The discovery of an antibody that destroys blood platelets may open new therapeutic avenues to treating a platelet disorder associated with HIV infection, and other types of vascular disease, including blood clots in arteries, New York University School of Medicine researchers have found.

Platelets, blood cells that look like oval plates, are needed for the blood to clot. When a blood vessel breaks, the platelets usually rush to the scene of the injury to begin the process of filling in the damaged area and providing a surface for coagulation factors. When the platelet count is low, a medical condition called thrombocytopenia, the blood cannot clot properly and...

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