Heparin is a medication that helps prevent the formation of blood clots, and is commonly used to reduce the risk of blood clots during surgery; it is the most commonly prescribed drug in hospitals.

Heparin is a special subtype of a more general class of carbohydrates, called heparan sulfates, that are produced by a wide range of cells, both in the human body, as well as in cell culture.

Heparin is a potent anti-coagulant and the most prescribed drug in hospitals, yet cell-culture-based production of heparin is currently not possible, according to the researchers who published ...

Activation of T cells to the capsid of adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotype 2 vectors has been implicated in liver toxicity in a recent human gene therapy trial of hemophilia B1. To further ...

Heparin plays a key role in allergic and inflammatory reactions driven by mast cells, scientists show. The study sheds some new light on the biological function of heparin.

Researchers have long known that glycosaminoglycan-binding proteins (HBPs) help control vital processes like cell growth, inflammation, and blood clotting. But a recent discovery has revealed a hidden ...

Pharmaceutical-grade heparin is derived from the mucosal tissue of animals that have been slaughtered for meat such as pigs and cattle. Research conducted between 2003 and 2008 eventually led to ...

One such study, conducted by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and published in Antiviral Research, showed the FDA-approved anticoagulant heparin may neutralize SARS-CoV-2, the virus ...

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BALTIMORE — Thousands of miles from a manufacturing plant in China, where the key active ingredient in heparin is sourced, Wanda Crowell receives a daily infusion of the drug in her bed at Johns ...

Adding heparin, which is commonly administered as a drug to thin blood, prevented the toxins from killing the cells. Similar experiments in mice also reduced the risk of tissue death.