Craig Melvin, a long-time blood donor, is rolling up his sleeve on live TV for a good cause. The TODAY show co-anchor knows ...

But platelets — the Band-Aids of the body that stop bleeding — have a shelf life of only two days after they are screened for disease. That means blood drives are often really platelet drives.

Dolce is now on a mission to donate platelets to every American Red Cross donation center in the nation. On June 23, Dolce checked Ohio off his list when he donated platelets at the Lewis Center Red ...

Human platelets have recently been described to express human β-defensins (hBD). The defensin hBD-1 is capable if impairing the growth of S. aureus, but also inducing NET formation by neutrophils.

Blood donors are needed to step forward to help reduce a shortage in Collier County. The Community Blood Center is facing a critical shortage of blood types O and A- and platelets. Platelets are a ...

We studied whether circulating activated platelets and platelet–leukocyte aggregates cause the development of atherosclerotic lesions in apolipoprotein-E–deficient (Apoe−/−) mice ...

For that reason, alternatives have been sought through the design of synthetic platelets. These could help save lives by rapidly stabilizing clots to reduce blood loss from traumatic injuries.