When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...

Platelet spreading and clot contraction are controlled by different pathways. This discovery leads to safer treatments for ...

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood ...

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 ...

This indicates that as the malignancy of the tumor increases, the activity of coagulation factors, platelets, and fibrinogen also increases. Previous research has shown that activated platelets can ...