Until recently, researchers believed that platelet spreading and clot contraction were controlled by the same pathway. However a recent study from Thomas Jefferson University researchers challenges ...

Platelets are an important component of whole blood that helps with clotting. They are often needed by trauma patients, ...

In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from University of Rochester Cancer Center, Rochester, New York, suggest that these febrile responses could be due to the release of CD40 ligand from ...

Plasma is the liquid that makes up more than half of the blood in a human body. It is mainly made of water and is pale yellow so is often called ‘straw-coloured’. Platelets are small ...

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread to other organs – metastasize –. But the causes of this association are ...

Platelets have an average lifespan of seven to 10 days in the human body and can return to normal levels within 48 to 72 hours after blood donation. Therefore, an individual can donate platelets ...