Six­teen mil­lion peo­ple will suf­fer strokes annu­al­ly, includ­ing 50,000 in Aus­tralia alone. Approximately 85 per cent of strokes are ischaemic, caused by a blood clot blocking an artery within the brain, which reduces blood flow to the brain . If not resolved within a few hours, irreversible brain damage can occur. Despite decades of research, there is currently only one emergency drug treatment, tPA, that can dissolve the dangerous blood clots in ischaemic stroke. Unfortunately, tPA can be used for only 10 per cent of stroke victims, leaving up to 90 per cent to suffer the devastating impacts of stroke.

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