Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...

Abnormal crosstalk between blood platelets and cells lining blood vessels is one cause of deadly organ damage in patients with severe COVID-19, a new study finds. Led by researchers from NYU Grossman ...

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, ...

New research shows that activated platelets bind CD8-positive T cells via P-selectin and PSGL-1, directly suppressing their ...

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 ...

OneBlood seeks urgent blood and platelet donations to offset potential collection disruptions from an incoming storm.

The addition will allow flight crews to provide blood transfusions to critically injured patients in northeastern Oklahoma ...

Abnormal crosstalk between blood platelets and cells lining blood vessels is one cause of deadly organ damage in patients with severe COVID-19, a new study finds. Abnormal crosstalk between blood ...