Current platelet function assays rely on light transmission aggregometry or proprietary cartridge-based systems, which require specialized expertise, dedicated instruments, and expensive consumables ...

A freeze-dried blood product that could be stored for years on ambulances or in remote emergency departments is showing ...

Daratumumab produced rapid and sustained platelet responses in adults with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), according to a recent single-center, open-label, phase 2 clinical trial (NCT05562882). Despite ...

A shelf-stable, freeze-dried platelet product shows promise in treating TBI by reinforcing damaged blood vessels and reducing ...

Freeze-dried human platelets could be used as a "molecular tourniquet" for brain bleeds in the minutes to hours after a ...

New research reveals a model to predict chronic immune thrombocytopenia in children at diagnosis. Learn how it could guide ...

What Is Doptelet, and Why Does It Matter? Doptelet (avatrombopag) is a prescription medicine that helps the body make more platelets (cells that help stop bleeding). First approved in 2018 for adults, ...

Platelet function may aid in determining disease severity for patients with psoriasis who are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and increased inflammation, a review notes ...

A recently described hemorrhagic disorder characterized by defective platelet aggregation induced by collagen and epinephrine appears to be caused, in part, by the same abnormality induced by aspirin ...

Few clinical situations generate as much anxiety amongst physicians and surgeons as uncontrolled bleeding, particularly in patients with platelet abnormalities, such as reduced platelet number ...

Mississippi Blood Services (MBS) announced an urgent need for platelet donations as supplies dwindle. According to MBS, ...