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Funding the first clinical trials of heparin

The Banting Research Foundation funded the first clinical trials of heparin in 1935. Heparin is a powerful anticoagulant that is widely used in open-heart and organ transplant surgery to prevent the formation of blood clots. It was purified in the early 1930s in Toronto under the direction of Dr Charles H Best. It was then…

Banting Research Foundation April 5, 2017 Best, Bigelow, heparin, Murray, Mustard

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