Scientists’ discovery of blood clotting mechanism could lead to new antithrombotic drugs

Under normal, healthy circulatory conditions, the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) keeps to itself. The large and mysterious glycoprotein moves through the blood, balled up tightly, its reaction sites unexposed. But when significant bleeding occurs, it springs into action, initiating the clotting process.

What Modi did in the lead up to India’s catastrophic second wave

Three months after India’s Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s declaration of a win over Covid-19, the country is now in the grips of a devastating second wave, the healthcare infrastructure is at breaking point and an oxygen supply shortage compounding the death toll. Ivan Watson takes a look at the government’s role in India’s deepening Covid …