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Article: Research from University of British Columbia provides new data about heparin.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 30, 2009
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"Ureteral stents commonly become infected or encrusted. Various coatings have been developed to decrease bacterial adherence," scientists in Vancouver, Canada report (see also Heparin).
"To our knowledge there has been no in vitro testing of coating with heparin to date. We determined the effects of heparin coating on bacterial adherence of common uropathogens and physical stent properties. Heparin coated Radiance ureteral stents (Cook) and noncoated Endo-Sof ™ control stents were tested against triclosan eluting Triumph [R] stents and noneluting Polaris ™ control stents for adherence of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis, ...