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 ...

When the polar vortex froze out residents in much the United States in January, it also sent chills through the U.S. blood system, especially for people who needed platelets. “If you are safely able ...

As a graduate student studying molecular cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic/Case Western Reserve University, John Hwa, MD, Ph.D., professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine), found himself in an ...

Platelets are expert at patching up leaks in blood vessels, but could they go overboard and seed amyloid-β plaques as well? As reported in Science Signaling on May 24, Aβ monomers bind integrin ...

Platelets are clot-forming cell fragments that circulate through the blood. In retrospect, they make perfect sense as the body’s serotonin truckers because they absorb the gut-derived hormone, store ...

Researchers have found an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain. They've discovered that platelets secrete a protein, exerkine CXCL4/Platelet factor ...