platelets

Researchers seek to untangle the biological mechanisms linking resident microbes to our hearts—and to harness them therapeutically.

A mouse study finds that when blood platelets are activated during exercise, they release factors that increase the number of newborn neurons in the hippocampus.

Researchers explore how blood platelets sweep bacteria into aggregate bundles at sites of infection to help phagocytic cells dispose of them. 

Scientists have estimated that about half of murine platelet production occurs in the lungs.

Watch the birth of platelets in the lungs of mice, a finding that contributes to a new understanding of the respiratory organs' role in blood formation.

An injectable solution stops bleeding in rats with nicked femoral arteries.

The circulating blood cells bind to neutrophils, prompting inflammation-related activity in these immune cell partners.

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The cell fragments play a role in the body’s first line of defense against bacterial infection, helping white blood cells grab blood-borne bacteria in the liver.

Platelets play a role in capturing bacteria and initiating an immune response against them.