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thrombin

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thrombin: see blood clotting blood clotting, process by which the blood coagulates to form solid masses, or clots. In minor injuries, small oval bodies called platelets, or thrombocytes, tend to collect and form plugs in blood vessel openings.
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1-11) Tisseel (a fibrin sealant) was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in 1988, (12) despite the fact that studies in animals exposed to thrombin revealed that thrombin causes brain edema, (13,14) neuronal injury, (15) apoptosis, (15) and seizures.
Effects of Tisseel fibrin glue on the central nervous system of ... by Horowitz, Michael / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
BB-10153's extended half-life (three to four hours) enables it to persist in the blood as an inactive pro-drug, activated only at fresh or forming blood clots by the thrombin that is localized there.
FDA CLEARS THROMBOLYTIC DRUG FOR PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL by Worldwide Biotech
This protein forms when the enzyme thrombin cuts up another protein called fibrinogen.
Building Better Bandages by TRAVIS, JOHN / Science News
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