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New Cotton Gauze Stops Bleeding Fast

February 21, 2019 Sue Kendall, Writer/Editor, ARS Office of Communications

Uncontrolled bleeding is the main cause of preventable death in people who experience traumatic injury. This can happen in 5 to 10 minutes if severe blood loss from the injury site isn’t slowed or stopped. Now, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in New Orleans, Louisiana, have helped...

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