In the 1950s, electron microscopy began to reveal the fine structure of platelets, platelet aggregates, and thrombi. In the 1960s, aggregometers stimulated experiments with aggregating agents and ...

Platelets are circulating cell fragments known to clump up and form blood clots that stop bleeding in injured vessels. Cardiologists have long known that platelets can become “hyperreactive ...

For many cancer patients, burn victims, and bone marrow recipients, platelets are a life-saving therapy. As a key component of the clotting process, platelets prevent or stop bleeding. Like blood ...

Platelets, the small cell fragments circulating in your blood, are essential for healing injuries by clumping together to ...

Rupture or erosion of the advanced lesion initiates platelet activation and aggregation (the atherothrombotic process) on the surface of the disrupted atherosclerotic plaque. Several risk factors ...

Of all the hair loss remedies out there, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) might be the weirdest—at least in terms of delivery. PRP ...

A video series where directors comment on the craft of movie-making. ‘Transformers One’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Josh Cooley narrates a sequence from his film. By Mekado Murphy ...

The first question that is asked in “Anatomy of a Fall,” a new film from the French director Justine Triet, is a simple one: “What do you want to know?” The line, which could stand as a ...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether platelet-rich plasma therapy for early knee osteoarthritis is associated with good clinical outcomes and a change in magnetic resonance imaging ...

Background The effectiveness of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections for osteoarthritis (OA) is still controversial. We investigated the effect of PRP injections in patients with knee OA based on ...