Scientists say the powdered synthetic platelets could help save trauma patients in ambulances, on battlefields and in remote areas ...

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 ...

As communities prepare for the Memorial Day holiday, the American Red Cross is issuing an urgent call for residents to ...

As Memorial Day approaches, the American Red Cross is urging people to schedule blood or platelet donation appointments now ...

The issue According to Vitalant Pittsburgh communications director Maya Santana, the need for blood has remained steady due ...

New research could soon change emergency medicine and make it easier for first responders to stop bleeding anywhere in the ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 65-year-old male presented for his annual exam. The medical assistant (MA) checking the patient in remarked ...

The lives of many cancer patients are saved by the transfusion of platelets, but there is a chronic shortage of these fragile blood-clotting components because of spoilage. A new technique may double ...

In addition to their well-defined roles in haemostasis and thrombosis, platelets contribute to immune defence by releasing antimicrobial mediators and initiating immune cell recruitment to injured ...