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Professor Marie Scully, a haematologist at University College London, stumbled on the link when testing for unusual antibodies A British scientist has revealed how her instinct helped to uncover the link between AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine and a very rare blood clot. Haematologist Professor Marie Scully unknowingly stumbled upon the complication in early March, when a woman in her 30s was admitted to hospital with a brain blockage. Despite numerous tests, University College London Hospital medics could not work out what caused her to suffer the condition, which sparked a severe headache...

How UK doctor linked rare blood-clotting to AstraZeneca Covid jab Sarah Boseley © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian Marie Scully was alarmed and puzzled. “It didn’t make sense,” she said. The consultant haematologist at University College London hospital (UCLH) had seen patients with blood clots in the brain and low platelets before and, although it was unusual, she always knew why. But there was no reason for the condition of the young woman in her 30s she was treating in early March. “Now when you have blood clots in the brain like th...