A team of researchers is working to characterize the mysterious protein known as the Von Willebrand Factor (vWF). In a recent article, they advance experimental data for the shear-induced extensional ...

The condition known as von Willebrand disease is caused by a deficiency in the quantity or quality of von Willebrand factor (vWF), a key component of the coagulation cascade. Diagnosis starts with ...

Scientists at the RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences in Dublin, Ireland, have discovered a new role for the blood clotting protein, von Willebrand Factor (VWF), that could lead to the ...

A researcher has found through studies of pigs' heart valves that age plays a critical role in the valves' progressive hardening, and the problem may be due to the infiltration of a protein known as ...

Under normal, healthy circulatory conditions, the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) keeps to itself. The large and mysterious multimeric glycoprotein moves through the blood, balled up tightly, its reaction ...

Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a genetic bleeding disorder that is passed down from parent to child and affects both men and women. People with VWD do not make enough protein — known as the von ...