An equine rehabilitation charity is calling for owners to be aware of the “growing impact of modern management” on horse ...

ITP affects about 5 people per 10,000. It can be associated with other conditions that are hematologic (leukemia) or ...

Background: Platelets are associated with poor prognosis in most tumors, but their specific pathogenic mechanism in osteosarcoma is not yet clear. The objective of this study is to conduct an in-depth ...

Megakaryocytes, which are derived from hematopoietic stem cell precursors in bone marrow, form and release platelets; these circulate in the blood for 8 to 10 days before they are removed by hepatic ...

Blood platelets are commonly associated with the hemostatic response, as they are the main cellular component of the machinery that prevents bleeding. Understanding platelet function is essential to ...

Elevated platelet counts or platelet reactivity increase the risk for platelet clots, whereas lower platelet counts or reactivity increase bleeding tendencies. Genome-wide association studies have ...

Identifying patients with the optimal risk:benefit for ticagrelor is challenging. The aim was to identify ticagrelor-responsive platelet transcripts as biomarkers of platelet function and ...

Interindividual Response Variability, Laboratory Variability or Aspirin 'Resistance'? Individual drug response is a multifactorial, highly variable trait, being the final phenotypic result of ...