Blood thinners or anticoagulants that stop blood clots from getting bigger inside blood vessels are a necessary medication for patients with certain heart conditions like congenital heart defects, abnormal heart rhythm, etc. Now researchers in the US have found a unique class of medication that can be formulated from tick saliva and can be used as blood thinner. Researchers at University of Cincinnati inhibited an enzyme in the genes of tick saliva to form a new anticoagulant medication that cannot be used to treat patients with a variety of coronary issues including heart attacks.

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