urokinase
noun
uro·ki·nase
ˌyu̇r-ō-ˈkī-ˌnās 
-ˌnāz
: an enzyme that is produced by the kidney and found in urine, that activates plasminogen, and that is used therapeutically to dissolve blood clots (as in the heart)
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In the early 1980s, when his research was federally funded, Gurewich figured out that urokinase and tPA functioned as a team in the body.
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Karen Weintraub, STAT, 6 Apr. 2018
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urokinase
noun
uro·ki·nase
ˌyu̇r-ō-ˈkī-ˌnās, -ˌnāz
: an enzyme that is produced by the kidney and is found in human urine, that activates plasminogen, and that is used therapeutically to dissolve blood clots (as in the heart)
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