A team from Würzburg has fundamentally changed our understanding of platelet biology. The researchers demonstrate that the ...

Scientists have identified novel treatments to reduce bleeding in trauma and severe infections. The research, from Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists ...

Have you ever been in a classroom and wondered to yourself whether the information being presented could be wrong? During graduate school, I audited a medical school class in which the professor ...

Platelets are a type of blood cell. They play an important role in healing injuries that result in bleeding. Platelets help your body to form blood clots and stop bleeding. Some people’s platelets don ...

Platelets are small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding. It’s possible to develop low or high platelet counts related to a number of health conditions. Platelets are one of the main ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, September 1, 2013 — A new finding could lead to novel treatments to reduce bleeding in trauma and severe infections. The research, from Oklahoma ...

Scientists have discovered that platelets are able to reproduce themselves in the circulation. University of Utah researchers led an international team of scientists that is the first to report on the ...

Figure 1: Presence of Cx40 and effects of its inhibition on platelet function. Figure 3: Inhibition or deletion of Cx40 reduces platelet inside-out signalling and granule secretion. The observed ...

Gut microbes alter platelet function and risk of blood clot-related illnesses like heart attack and stroke, researchers have demonstrated -- for the first time -- through a combination of both ...

Ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) treatment results in grade 3-4 thrombocytopenia in 8%-13% of patients. Prior in vitro studies reported T-DM1 inhibition of megakaryocyte maturation as the cause of ...