: a white insoluble fibrous protein formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin especially in the clotting of blood
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The types of products that FDA regulates in this category… [do not include] blood taken from an individual and given back to the same individual as platelet rich fibrin...
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 Aug. 2024
This is filled with fibers made of natural proteins like collagen and fibrin, which are part of the extracellular matrix that gives animal cells their structure.
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2013
Blood clots form when fibrin, strands of protein that form a net in the blood vessels, begin to gather, causing platelets and cells to clump and get caught in the net.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
An epidermal sheet grown on a fibrin base, like the grafts used to heal a boy's skin in Germany.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2017
This plaque is made up of cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste products, calcium and fibrin, a clotting agent in the blood.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
The anogeissus helps to protect against the deterioration of the skin’s fibrin, which promotes long-term elasticity of the skin.
—Olivia Hanson, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
In this colored scanning electron micrograph, red blood cells have been trapped by a web of thin yellow-white strands of fibrin.
—Colin Salter, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2015
Once the fix was in place, the cells were cultured to grow larger patches of new skin, which were then attached to sheets of the protein fibrin and grafted onto the boy's body.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2017
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Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 Aug. 2024
This is filled with fibers made of natural proteins like collagen and fibrin, which are part of the extracellular matrix that gives animal cells their structure.
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2013
Blood clots form when fibrin, strands of protein that form a net in the blood vessels, begin to gather, causing platelets and cells to clump and get caught in the net.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
An epidermal sheet grown on a fibrin base, like the grafts used to heal a boy's skin in Germany.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2017
This plaque is made up of cholesterol, fatty substances, cellular waste products, calcium and fibrin, a clotting agent in the blood.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
The anogeissus helps to protect against the deterioration of the skin’s fibrin, which promotes long-term elasticity of the skin.
—Olivia Hanson, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
In this colored scanning electron micrograph, red blood cells have been trapped by a web of thin yellow-white strands of fibrin.
—Colin Salter, Discover Magazine, 11 Feb. 2015
Once the fix was in place, the cells were cultured to grow larger patches of new skin, which were then attached to sheets of the protein fibrin and grafted onto the boy's body.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2017
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fibrin
noun
fi·brin
ˈfī-brən 
: a white fibrous substance that is difficult to dissolve and is formed in the clotting of the blood
Medical Definition
fibrin
noun
fi·brin
ˈfī-brən
: a white insoluble fibrous protein formed from fibrinogen by the action of thrombin especially in the clotting of blood
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