1984 (Nexis) 30 Jan. 59/2 Still in the experimental stage, the clot-busting drug has been given intravenously to about 20 patients within 24 hours of strokes.
2003 10 Jan. i. 14/7 The saliva of Desmodus rotundus, the blood-lapping..predator [sc. the vampire bat] that ranges from northern Mexico to Chile, contains a potent clot-busting substance.