Scientists identify how some Covid patients develop life-threatening blood clots

Dr Jamie O’Sullivan, the study’s corresponding author and research lecturer within the Irish Centre for Vascular Biology at RCSI said the study was essential for developing more effective treatments. Picture: PA

Scientists from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) 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.