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When a blood clot forms, the protein thrombin cleaves fibrinogen into fibrin that polymerizes into a branched network of fibers that forms the structure of the clot. The kinetics of fiber formation affect fiber diameter, fiber network density, rate of clot lysis and potentially clot stiffness. We previously showed that exposure to nitric oxide, an important regulator of blood flow, alters the characteristics...