With gene - editing tools such as CRISPR, scientists can now eliminate immune - provoking sugars from the surface of pig cells, introduce human genes that
regulate blood coagulation to prevent dangerous clots, and snip out viral sequences that some fear could infect a human host.
Susceptible mice had widespread liver infection, which may explain why they had more virus in their bodies and poorly
regulated blood coagulation.
Maitz MF, Freudenberg U, Tsurkan MV, Fischer M, Beyrich T, Werner C. Bio-responisve polymer hydrogels homeostatically
regulate blood coagulation Nature Communications, Doi: 10.1038 / ncomms3168 (2013)
Not exact matches
Blood coagulation is
regulated by one set of proteins that causes clotting and another set that prevents it.
K1
regulates coagulation of the
blood, is abundant in plant foods, and is efficiently recycled by the body (warfarin acts by interrupting this recycling, creating a vitamin K deficiency in the body).