We are pleased to publish the latest instalment in “The League of Imaginary Cats”, our series examining famous scientific discoveries through the lens of fiction. In A rose by any other name, Deputy Editor Richard P. Grant writes about a mysterious discrepancy surrounding the development of the famous anticoagulant, heparin, which remains a mystery to this day.

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