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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Preliminary scientific report. Monk P, et al. Unfractionated heparin potently inhibits the binding of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to a human cell line. bioRxiv 2020.

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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 ...

In a recent study, University of California San Diego researchers moved one step closer to the ability to make heparin in cultured cells. Heparin is a potent anti-coagulant and the most prescribed ...