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Fibrinolytic Activity of Tissue Extracts and of Trypsin

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Macfarlane and Biggs1 have reported on fibrinolytic enzymes in extracts of human tissues. The recent isolation of a soluble fibrinolytic activator from washed and dehydrated pig heart tissue2 suggested a re-investigation of the fibrinolytic activity of such tissue extracts.

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ASTRUP, T., STERNDORFF, I. Fibrinolytic Activity of Tissue Extracts and of Trypsin. Nature 170, 981 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170981a0

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