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Platelets
Platelets: tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding. If one of your blood vessels gets damaged, it sends out signals to the platelets. The platelets then rush to the site of damage and they form a plug (clot) to fix the damage.
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MAR 06, 2025Immunology
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MAR 06, 2025
Immunology
Cancer affects millions of individuals and their loved ones each year. Both hematologic or blood cancers, and solid tumo
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
MAY 28, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
People who use metformin are less likely to develop a group of rare blood cancers over time. The corresponding study was
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 25, 2024
Immunology
Aspirin is an over-the-counter medication used to reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is a salicylate medication, which
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
MAR 25, 2024
Drug Discovery & Development
The studies by Dunbar et al. and Codilupi et al. mark significant milestones in the quest for effective treatment of MPN
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 19, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
The potential of IL-1beta inhibitors to mitigate inflammation and improve clinical outcomes in patients with CMML and ot
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 14, 2023
Immunology
A gene editing tool using a system known as CRISPR-Cas9 has recently been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat
...
Written By:
Brian G. Morreale
AUG 14, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Clinical trial tested the potential neuroprotective prowess of GDLM in the context of ischemic stroke.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JUN 19, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the University of the Andes in Colombia have tapped into the power of nature's medicine cabinet to revolu
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
JAN 13, 2023
Health & Medicine
A very small study has suggested that just 6 minutes of daily, high-intensity exercise might extend the brain's healthsp
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in the gut can metabolize some of the foods we eat to produce new molecules, some of which can affect our h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2022
Plants & Animals
Lower extremity bypass surgery is a common procedure used to address occluded arteries in the leg, usually with the goal
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Brief exposure to rapamycin, a promising anti-aging drug, may have similar effects on health and lifespan as longer trea
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 28, 2022
Immunology
When there is illness or injury, there is inflammation; immune molecules and cells race to the site of infection or tiss
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
Smell loss can be devastating. It can interfere with that oh-so pleasant and enjoyable task of eating since it also affe
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 18, 2022
Immunology
The world has quickly learned that the SARS-CoV-2 virus causes COVID-19. But it can also cause another disorder in child
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 29, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) describe cancers resulting from abnormal cells in the bone marrow. The abnormal bone mar
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
FEB 03, 2022
Immunology
Researchers have created nanoparticles that mimic the effects of blood platelets to stop heavy bleeding. Biomedic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 20, 2022
Health & Medicine
After reviewing data, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concludes there is a likely causal relationship between the UK
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
DEC 25, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our body starts with one cell that must divide and eventually, all the cells produced from that first one have to know w
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2021
Health & Medicine
Vaccination and new treatments for diseases have remained topics of skepticism since their inception. When it came to an
...
Written By:
Christopher DiMaio
AUG 13, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A drug currently used to treat advanced breast cancers may treat a rare type of leukemia known as myelofibrosis. The stu
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 04, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed miniaturized 3-dimensional bone marrow models that could help physicians to predict whi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 30, 2021
Health & Medicine
Vaccinating as many people as possible will be one of several efforts that will be needed to halt the progression of the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2021
Cancer
New research stemming from Osaka University reports identifying the mechanism by which hematopoietic stem and progenitor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan