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 ...

CHAPEL HILL -- New research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that a fatty molecule on the surface of platelet cells is a regulator of blood coagulation. Besides its role in ...

People with inflammatory bowel disease, like ulcerative colitis, are 2 to 3 times more likely to develop blood clots than ...

Some health symptoms are so subtle, you might brush them off as nothing. But they could actually be early warning signs of ...

Q: My platelets were slightly elevated on my blood test. What can cause this? A: Platelets are part of how our body forms clots to stop bleeding. They are produced in the bone marrow by cells called ...

According to the Community Blood Center, platelets are very fragile, short-lived blood cells, essential for normal blood ...

The platelet content of a clot may be at least as strong a predictor of outcome and mortality following mechanical thrombectomy as fibrin content, new data suggest. Researchers analyzed clot ...

Understanding the physics of clot contraction could potentially lead to new ways to treat bleeding problems and clotting problems. Heart attacks and strokes -- the leading causes of death in human ...

As people age they become more prone to blood clotting diseases, which can be caused when blood platelets clump together. This clumping can lead to strokes and cardiovascular disease. For decades, ...

A new study reveals how a clotting protein and blood platelets can promote cancer progression and suppress immune responses to cancer. A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University ...