Strep can turn deadly when a protein found on its surface triggers a widespread inflammatory reaction. The protein links with a host protein that is normally involved in blood clotting to form ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul. 15, 1970), pp. 738-744 (7 pages) The three unique polypeptide chains of human fibrinogen differ ...

A new study from the University of Alberta demonstrated that the blood clotting protein called fibrinogen also regulates MMP-2, an enzyme involved in immunity and in clot formation inside blood ...

A fibrinogen activity test is also known as a Factor I Activity. It’s used to determine the level of fibrinogen in your blood. Fibrinogen, or factor I, is a blood plasma protein that’s made in the ...