New anti-coagulants may help treat sepsis and COVID-19

Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have just discovered that the drug dimethylfumarate can block blood clotting during infection, offering hope that it could be used to treat a number of conditions, such a life-threatening disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), which can occur in serious infections with bacteria that lead to sepsis or in response to viral infections such as COVID-19.
Source: World Pharma News - Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news