SAN DIEGO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have for the first time created blood platelet cells by reprogramming stem cells derived from adult cells, offering the potential for a renewable supply of the ...

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, ...

Future Microbiol. 2013;8(11):1431-1451. Platelet GPIIIa, and even the same epitope within this surface protein, are also targets of autoantibodies, which are generated in HIV-infected patients.

As people age, they become more prone to blood clotting diseases, when blood cells called platelets clump together when they don’t need to and can cause major issues such as strokes and cardiovascular ...

Platelets are small, disc-shaped cell fragments in the blood that are essential to stop bleeding and to initiate blood clotting after injury. Platelet transfusions in patients with severe trauma or ...

When a vascular injury occurs, platelets in young mice form much smaller blood clots (left) than platelets in old mice (right), where the clot almost blocks the blood vessel. Fluorescence microscopy ...

Researchers have discovered a distinct, secondary population of platelets that appears with aging and have hyperreactive behavior and unique molecular properties, which could make them easier to ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is an incredible feat of engineering, designed to support human life in profoundly inhospitable conditions. But the tiny metal bubble in the big black void can ...

allogeneic ("allo"): Stem cell transplantation using cells donated by another person. anemia: A condition caused by a lack of red blood cells, the cells that transport oxygen to the body's tissues.

Of all the hundreds of thousands of blood donors in the land, it may seem unfair to single out just ten. But these aren't just any ten volunteers – these are super-donors who have gone the extra mile, ...