Synthetic Platelets: Nanotechnology to Halt Bleeding

James P. Bertram1, Cicely A. Williams2, Rebecca Robinson1, Steven S. Segal3, Nolan T.Flynn4, and Erin B. Lavik5,*

Sources: 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 55 Prospect Street, Malone Engineering Center, New Haven, CT 065112Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 065113Department of Medical Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65212 & Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Columbia, MO 652114Department of Chemistry, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 024815Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106

Sci Transl Med. 2009 December 16; 1(11): 11ra22. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3000397.