Bruce Sachais, MD, PhD, discusses his lab's research at Penn Medicine. When the human body is bruised or cut, blood platelets take over to help repair vessels, skin, and other tissues. But there is increasing evidence that this activation of platelets plays a role in the build up of fatty deposits on blood vessel walls called atherosclerosis, which leads to heart heart attacks and strokes.
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June 19, 2013
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