Research has found that a drug derived from the substance can thin blood and dissolve blood clots in the brain, saving lives and limiting the damage caused by strokes.
Currently, patients who suffer most types of strokes need to have clot-busting injections within four hours of the attack for the treatment to work.
But studies have found that jabs using a medicine derived from protein in bats' saliva can have the same effect for up to nine hours...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8739441/Vampire-bats-could-save-stroke-victims.html
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