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Don’t like blood? Neither does this potentially life-saving titanium

Drops of blood, plasma and water bead up when placed on the superhemophobic titanium(Credit: Colorado State University) When a medical implant such as a stent or catheter is rejected by the body, blood platelets adhere to the device, forming a clot that encapsulates it. Those clots can in turn lead to heart attacks, embolisms or infections....