Next generation venom-controlled bleeding products

Death due to haemorrhage (bleeding) is a preventable death. Yet it accounts for 30% of trauma casualty deaths in a civilian setting, while in a military setting, it accounts for 90% of casualty deaths with potentially survivable injuries. This project will specifically target this clinical need, through the design, construction and evaluation of new innovative products employing potent snake venom proteins to bring about rapid and stable blood clot formation in combination with biomaterials to target specific wound types.

Recent work can be found, Adv Healthc Mater., 2022, DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202200574

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