A research team led by Prof. CHEN Yuxing and Prof. ZHOU Cong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently utilized single-particle ...

The field of immunological tolerance increasingly highlights the multifaceted roles played by platelets far beyond their classical functions in hemostasis.

Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism behind vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, or VITT, a rare clotting disorder that emerged in a small number of people who received ...

Reports of unusual blood clots in the setting of low platelets associated with COVID-19 vaccines have brought attention to these tiny cell fragments tasked with preventing humans from fatally bleeding ...

Platelets (also called thrombocytes) are small blood cell fragments made by your bone marrow. They help form blood clots to stop you from bleeding when you've been injured. Platelets are small cell ...

When reports of rare but severe blood clots emerged after Johnson & Johnson’s COVID vaccine, they threatened to overshadow an otherwise successful immunization campaign and left scientists searching ...

A typical platelet count range can change with age. Platelet counts may fluctuate due to natural vascular aging, changes in bone marrow tissue, and altered blood plasma makeup. Platelets, or ...