The American Red Cross is highlighting the lifesaving importance of platelet donations this fall with another fun PEANUTS ...

A group of 12 thrombocytopenic patients, ranging in age from two to fourteen years, were studied. The thrombocytopenia was due to diverse conditions (Table 1). The platelet count ranged from 3000 to ...

February 18, 2010 — Low doses of platelets given prophylactically led to a decreased number of platelets transfused per patient but an increased number of transfusions given, according to the results ...

The American Red Cross is teaming up with a beloved cartoon character to incentivize people to donate platelets this autumn.

A newborn infant with isoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura due to incompatibility of the P1 A1 platelet antigen system was treated with transfusion of incompatible platelets and by exchange transfusion, ...

Febrile responses to platelet transfusions are common but some can be life-threatening and the cause of these reactions is largely unknown. In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from ...

LAKE ZURICH, Ill. & WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A $30 test that takes fewer than 30 minutes to perform can prevent potentially deadly transfusions of bacterial contamination in platelets, ...

Rallybio Corporation (Nasdaq: RLYB), a clinical-stage biotechnology company translating scientific advances into ...

Between May and October 2018, four cases of sepsis followed patients' platelet transfusion — one resulting in death — and are now under investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...