Transfusion guidelines regarding platelet-count thresholds before the placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) offer conflicting recommendations because of a lack of good-quality evidence. The ...

Platelets are small, anucleate blood cells that play an essential role in hemostasis. Their primary task is to recognize vascular injury, become activated, and aggregate via their surface receptor ...

Swansea University has helped uncover a surprising new role for platelets—one that could significantly advance early cancer detection. The study, led by the University of Oxford and published in ...

Light responsive nanomotors dissolve blood clots and repair vessel tissue by combining catalytic activity, targeted motion, and gentle heating for coordinated thrombolysis and endothelial regeneration ...

Scientists have engineered dual-membrane nanoparticles that home in on heart tissue after a heart attack, delivering regenerative molecules while evading the body’s immune defences. Image Credit: tong ...

Some medications can destroy blood-clotting cells called platelets or prevent bone marrow from producing enough. This can lead to a low platelet count called thrombocytopenia. Drugs that may cause ...

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) is a disorder that affects pregnant people and their fetuses. It occurs when the birthing parent’s immune system produces antibodies that attack and destroy ...

Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia is a low platelet count caused by chemo drugs damaging bone marrow cells that produce platelets. This happens because chemo targets all quickly replicating cells ...