
Category: Stroke


UNC researchers find promising new angle for drugs to prevent strok...
A new study — the first to apply a new screening technique to human platelets — netted a potential drug target for preventing dangerous blood clots in high-risk people.

UNC Health Care offers new treatment for stroke
UNC Hospitals is the first medical center in the Triangle to offer treatment for stroke patients with a new device that mechanically removes blood clots from blocked vessels in the brain.

New molecule could save brain cells from neurodegeneration, stroke
This discovery could herald a new treatment to prompt brain cells to survive in the wake of neurodegeneration or acute injury like stroke.