Cate McCurry
Updated: 8:15, 15 Jun 2021
SCIENTISTS in Ireland have identified how some Covid-19 patients can develop life-threatening clots.
The researchers said the findings could lead to therapies that prevent it from happening.
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Dr Jamie O Sullivan, the study s authorCredit: PA
The work, led by researchers from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, is published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
Previous research has established that blood clotting is a significant cause of death in patients with Covid-19.
To understand why clotting happens, the researchers analysed blood samples that were taken from patients with Covid-19 in the Beaumont Hospital Intensive Care Unit in Dublin.
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