image: This image shows an electron microscopy image of the anti-FXIIa antibody 3F7 interfereing with fibrin deposition and clot formation on membranes of an oxygenator. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 5, 2014, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Dr. M. Larsson at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues was titled, "A Factor XIIa Inhibitory Antibody Provides Thromboprotection in Extracorporeal Circulation Without Increasing Bleeding Risk." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Kjell Hultenby, Karolinska Institutet