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Does the human body have a natural anticoagulant?
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Yes: Yes, your body is full of checks and balances. For every signal that promotes blood clotting, there is another prepared to anticoagulate. Unfortunately, this hasn't really been harnessed into a drug that can prevent blood clots quite yet.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Yes: The clotting cascade is balanced by the non-clotting cascade & is super complex.
Answered 3/31/2013
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