Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Key Takeaways Low platelets can occur when your bone marrow doesn’t make enough platelets ...

An exploratory MIMIC-III cohort study found that baseline thrombocytopenia showed no precise independent association with a ...

A new viewpoint in Neurocritical Care argues that platelet count alone misses a dangerous, dynamic platelet dysfunction after ...

Platelets have been shown to cover a broad range of functions. Besides their role in hemostasis, they have immunological functions and thus participate in the interaction between pathogens and host ...

When donated blood is in low supply, platelets are even scarcer. These cell fragments, which are essential for blood clotting, have a short shelf life. Whereas whole blood can be refrigerated for up ...

The Red Cross’s fall appeal highlights a fragile part of American health care: a lifesaving blood component that must be replenished every five to seven days, write Robert Glatter and Peter Papadakos.

Platelets are uniquely mammalian cells, and are the small cells of the blood that are critical for us to stop bleeding when we cut ourselves. They are also a central part of the process of thrombosis, ...

Filip K. Swirski is in the Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA, and in the Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Monocytes ...

A team from Würzburg has fundamentally changed our understanding of platelet biology. The researchers demonstrate that the surface protein integrin αIIbβ3 is not only a key molecule in blood clotting, ...

Platelets play a much bigger role in our immune system than previously thought, according to researchers. In addition to their role in coagulation and healing, platelets also act as the immune ...

The American Red Cross of Georgia is making a renewed push for blood donors this fall, saying donations typically decline after the summer months while the need for blood remains constant.