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Using microparticles made of biodegradable polyglycolic acid, which has an electrical affinity for inflammatory monocytes, c (Elmhurst, IL) Cour Pharmacetical Development Company proposes a way to minimize tissue damage after a heart attack.  It is the body’s immune response in flooding damaged tissue with monocytes that causes long lasting damage.  Cour’s scientists have shown that their microparticles attach to the monocytes and divert them to the spleen where they die.  Since 1962, polyglycolic acid has been used in making biodegradable sutures.   MORE

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