Researchers hopeful for discovery of new blood-clotting disorder treatment

The research will help those in medical fields to further understand the role von Willebrand Factor plays in linking blood coagulation and inflammation.

Irish researchers are hopeful of finding new treatments for patients with blood clotting disorders.

The University of Medicine and Health Sciences, under the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, has discovered a new role for the blood-clotting protein, von Willebrand Factor (VWF), in repairing damaged blood vessels. They believe the discovery could lead to the development of new treatments.