When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread out to stop the blood from leaking out. Once enough layers of platelets ...

A blood centrifuge rotates between 3,000 and 5,000 times per minute, causing blood to separate into three distinct layers: dark and dense red blood cells at the bottom, a very thin layer of white ...

Platelets are small types of blood cells that prevent excessive bleeding. It’s possible to develop low or high platelet counts related to a number of health conditions. Platelets are one of the main ...

The recent blood shortage in the U.S.—exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and a plummeting number of donations—has had a particularly strong effect on the growing demand for platelets, which help ...

Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia is a low platelet count caused by chemo drugs damaging bone marrow cells that produce platelets. This happens because chemo targets all quickly replicating cells ...