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ARTICLE | Targets & Mechanisms

S100A9-clot not, bleed not

May 29, 2014 7:00 AM UTC

Although the new generation of antithrombotic drugs provides marked improvements over warfarin, they all still carry bleeding risk. S100 calcium binding protein A9 could represent a new target that, when blocked, prevents thrombosis without increasing that risk.1

The new findings from U.S. researchers may hand a new indication to at least two companies-InflammatoRx Inc. and Active Biotech AB-developing inhibitors of this S100 protein to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases and inflammation...