clotting factor
noun
: any of several plasma components (such as fibrinogen, prothrombin, thromboplastin, and factor VIII) that are involved in the clotting of blood
called also coagulation factor
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In one study with 54 volunteers, a single infusion led to an increase in clotting factor levels, reduced the rate of annual bleeding episodes, and enabled 94 percent of patients to stop injecting clotting factor.
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Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
Researchers are investigating ways to insert functioning versions of the clotting factor gene into patients’ own cells.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2014
And its effects are gruesome: mutations in the gene for a crucial clotting factor mean that victims can rapidly bleed to death from even small cuts.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011
In one study with 54 volunteers, a single infusion led to an increase in clotting factor levels, reduced the rate of annual bleeding episodes, and enabled 94 percent of patients to stop injecting clotting factor.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
The treated mice bled for a significantly shorter time than untreated mice and made 3-7% of the normal level of the clotting factor, a level that would result in only mild bleeding in humans.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011
The virus inserted the gene into liver cells, which proceeded to manufacture the clotting factor, and the patients maintained elevated levels of it for over 6 months.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011
Decades ago, during the Vietnam War, Cox said blood banks began separating blood into its component parts: plasma, cells and clotting factor.
—al, 22 Dec. 2022
Typical treatment requires routine intravenous infusions to maintain sufficient levels of the missing or deficient clotting factor, but the new gene therapy is meant to be a one-time IV infusion.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
Researchers are investigating ways to insert functioning versions of the clotting factor gene into patients’ own cells.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 2 Sep. 2014
And its effects are gruesome: mutations in the gene for a crucial clotting factor mean that victims can rapidly bleed to death from even small cuts.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011
In one study with 54 volunteers, a single infusion led to an increase in clotting factor levels, reduced the rate of annual bleeding episodes, and enabled 94 percent of patients to stop injecting clotting factor.
—Jonathan Saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
The treated mice bled for a significantly shorter time than untreated mice and made 3-7% of the normal level of the clotting factor, a level that would result in only mild bleeding in humans.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 27 June 2011
The virus inserted the gene into liver cells, which proceeded to manufacture the clotting factor, and the patients maintained elevated levels of it for over 6 months.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2011
Decades ago, during the Vietnam War, Cox said blood banks began separating blood into its component parts: plasma, cells and clotting factor.
—al, 22 Dec. 2022
Typical treatment requires routine intravenous infusions to maintain sufficient levels of the missing or deficient clotting factor, but the new gene therapy is meant to be a one-time IV infusion.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 23 Nov. 2022
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clotting factor
noun
clot·ting factor
ˈklät-iŋ- 
: any of several plasma components (as fibrinogen, prothrombin, and thromboplastin) that are involved in the clotting of blood
called also coagulation factor
see factor viii, plasma thromboplastin antecedent, transglutaminase compare factor v, factor vii, factor ix, factor x, factor xii, factor xiiiLove words? Need even more definitions?
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