The Accidental Origin of Blood Thinners
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Why it's on BrighterTube
Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Nebula creator roster · 86% confidenceTells how cattle bleeding to death on spoiled sweet clover led Karl Link's lab to dicoumarol and then warfarin, first as rat poison and later as a drug, and how anticoagulants work.
What you'll learn
How spoiled sweet clover led to warfarin and the discovery of blood thinners.
Video by Patrick Kelly, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of Medical History