A team of scientists from Harvard University have discovered a key molecular mechanism which regulates blood clotting. This could be one of the important discoveries which will help find new treatment for fatal blood disorders.

Blood clotting disorders are of two types. Blood clots more in some people leading to blockage and fatal thrombosis. For many people it just doesn’t clot and they can bleed to death in case of any injury. The discovery of exact mechanism of blood clotting will certainly help both types of patients.

Scientists have discovered a key molecular mechanism which actually regulates blood clotting protein. A molecular sensor in key blood clotting protein seems to regulate even the size of the protein that is released for clotting. The Harvard scientists have located an area containing this sensor on the Von Willebrand factor (VWF). VWF is an important balancing factor of body blood circulation and it controls the clotting.  Patients with blood disorders have abnormalities which affect VWF.

This study will help find new improved treatments for blood disorders.

Via BBC