Hemostasis is vital to prevent excessive blood loss. However, there is an increased risk for thrombosis if there is an excessive reaction and uncontrolled formation of fibrin. In a new study published ...

The investigators also studied laboratory mice with Kawasaki-like inflamed blood vessels and noted increased platelet counts. In addition, they observed the formation of monocyte-platelet aggregates ...

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 ...

Graphic image shows a blood clot forming in an artery. The white, spikey platelets are shown amid red and white blood cells. Activated platelets use their spikes like “arms” to grip onto one another ...

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients -- not from other organ sites, as previously thought -- according to a preclinical study. Clots are the second-leading cause ...

Severe thrombocytopenia can be very dangerous, even fatal, without treatment. Treatment depends on the underlying cause but can include medications, transfusions, and surgery. Severe thrombocytopenia ...

While some have attempted to solve the shortage by upping donor platelets' shelf-life, these efforts so far have stretched it to just a week. SelSym Biotech is taking a biomaterials approach. (Getty ...

Blood clots form in response to signals from the lungs of cancer patients—not from other organ sites, as previously thought—according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan ...