Purpose: A case of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) complicated by warfarin-induced skin necrosis (WISN) is reported. Summary: A patient with a history of hypertension, heart failure ...

WINS must be differentiated from all other causes of acute thrombosis with skin necrosis, including acute ... risk of WISN and in those not receiving heparin). Finally, early diagnosis (for ...

A spitting cobra's incredibly potent venom can quickly destroy skin, muscle and bone ... in parts of Africa and India. And Heparin can neutralise the necrosis-causing toxins in some spitting ...

heparin, can be repurposed as an inexpensive antidote for cobra venom. Cobras kill thousands of people a year worldwide and perhaps a hundred thousand more are seriously maimed by necrosis – the ...

Using the gene-editing technology Crispr to identify ways to block cobra venom, scientists repurposed heparin and related drugs and showed they can stop the necrosis caused by cobra bites.