Platelet transfusions are essential in managing bleeding and hemostatic dysfunction, and can be expanded to be used as cell therapy for a variety of diseases. The efforts to create such cell therapies ...

Platelets cannot be manufactured and have a short shelf life, yet can be life-saving in patients undergoing chemotherapy, ...

Platelet transfusion thresholds in according bleeding risk and the presence of bleeding. WHO = World Health Organization. “In practice, we see all too often [that] prophylactic transfusion of ...

A new viewpoint in Neurocritical Care argues that platelet count alone misses a dangerous, dynamic platelet dysfunction after ...

Febrile responses to platelet transfusions are common but some can be life-threatening and the cause of these reactions is largely unknown. In June 23 Lancet, Richard Phipps and colleagues from ...

The Red Cross’s fall appeal highlights a fragile part of American health care: a lifesaving blood component that must be ...

Cerus Corporation (Nasdaq: CERS) announced today that it will host an industry workshop on the implementation and real-world experience with INTERCEPT Platelets and INTERCEPT Fibrinogen Complex, or ...

Dengue can cause a drop in platelet count, making patients and their families concerned about the risk of complications.

Four people in three states developed sepsis after receiving bacteria-contaminated platelet transfusions between May and October last year, according to a US government report released Thursday. One ...