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• The volunteers 'bodies responded by producing 3 to 5 times as much as normal of a hormone called plasminogen activator inhibitor-1.
• Urokinase also activates a substance in blood vessels called plasminogen and turns it into plasmin, another protein-destroying enzyme.
• Since February last year we have a powerful, clot-busting drug called TPA-tissue plasminogen activator.
• The drug, known as TPA, for tissue plasminogen activator, helps the body chew up the clot and restore blood flow.