People don’t usually see vampires as a redeemer. However, apparently stroke experts presume that vampire saliva may aid in saving brain cells in stroke patients.

Evidently a clinical trial is being conducted in order to test the effect of desmoteplase or the drug based on a particular enzyme in bat saliva. The name of this drug is believed to be inspired from the bat’s scientific name, Desmodus Rotundus. While the bat feeds on its victim, this particular enzyme apparently thins the victim’s blood so as to avoid blood clotting.

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