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Stopping Infection & Blood Clots in Venous Catheters (2 of 2)

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Stopping Infection & Blood Clots in Venous Catheters (2 of 2)

image: PolySB-modified PICCs have reduced thrombus accumulation in vitro. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 26, 2012, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Roger Smith at Semprus BioSciences Corp. in Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues was titled, “Vascular Catheters with a Nonleaching Poly-Sulfobetaine Surface Modification Reduce Thrombus Formation and Microbial Attachment.” view more 

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