Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, July 26 (Reporter Chen Yu) Researchers at Monash University in Australia are developing a new drug that helps prevent heart disease and stroke, and hope that this drug can be used to treat blood vessels caused by the new coronavirus Blocked.

  Researchers have discovered that an enzyme in platelets accelerates platelet clotting before a heart attack or stroke. As a result, they developed a drug that can temporarily inhibit platelet coagulation, thereby avoiding clogged blood vessels and preventing heart disease and stroke.

  The researchers said that this drug will only inhibit the clotting effect of platelets when there are signs of heart disease or stroke. Since studies have shown that similar blood vessel blockages are one of the main causes of death in severely ill patients with new coronary disease, researchers hope that this drug can be used in the treatment of such severely ill patients in the future.

  At present, the drug has achieved good results in animal model experiments, and researchers are preparing for the next phase of human clinical trials. The research results have been published in the American journal Science Translational Medicine.