Injectable polymer could keep trauma patients from
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(Nanowerk News) Most military battlefield casualties die before reaching a surgical hospital. Of those soldiers who might potentially survive, most die from uncontrolled bleeding.
In some cases, there's not much medics can do -- a tourniquet won't stop bleeding from a chest wound, and clotting treatments that require refrigerated or frozen blood products aren't always available in the field.
That's why University of Washington researchers have developed a new injectable polymer that strengthens blood clots, called PolySTAT. Administered in a simple shot, the polymer finds any unseen or internal injuries and starts working immediately.
The new polymer, described in a paper featured on the cover of the March 4 issue of Science Translational Medicine ("A synthetic fibrin cross-linking polymer for modulating clot properties and inducing hemostasis"
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