Friday, May 25, 2012

Q: Why Heparin is called Heparin? 

 Answer: Heparin was discovered by a second-year medical student at Johns Hopkins University named Jay McLean, in 1916, when he isolated a fat-soluble phosphatide anti-coagulant in canine liver tissue. 'Hepar' is Greek for "liver", hence it was termed as Heparin.

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