The platelet content of a clot may be at least as strong a predictor of outcome and mortality following mechanical thrombectomy as fibrin content, new data suggest. Researchers analyzed clot ...

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

Treatment for stage 2 essential thrombocythemia is highly personalized. Not every patient requires medication right away, and ...

Platelets are small, anucleate blood cells that play an essential role in hemostasis. Their primary task is to recognize vascular injury, become activated, and aggregate via their surface receptor ...

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...

As people age they become more prone to blood clotting diseases, which can be caused when blood platelets clump together. This clumping can lead to strokes and cardiovascular disease. For decades, ...

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In a recent study under review in the Journal of Hematology & Oncology journal and currently available on the Research Square* preprint server, researchers investigated the presence of severe acute ...