Scientists may have found a solution to blood clotting ailments from one of nature’s most unlikely sources, bears.
Those of us who had to sit on long flights know all too well the medical warnings that sitting inactive for hours can cause blood clots in our legs and lungs. These warnings arise from the fact that humans experiencing severe immobility caused by illness or injury are at risk of the potentially deadly condition known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).
But bears do not suffer from similar issues despite, during their winter hibernation, remaining immobile for months every year.
This caught the attention of cardiologists Tobias Petzold and Manuela Thienel at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, who wanted to find out how bears avoid dangerous blood clotting….