The Minister emphasised the importance of blood donation and called for increased awareness, particularly in rural areas.

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 ...

“She says, Dad, everyday I’m ordering multiple units of platelets for the patients we have here. She personally uses at least one dose of platelets everyday so there’s also that ...

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Shanghai collected 101,900 units of platelets in 2024, surpassing 100,000 units for the first year with an increase of 9.4 percent year-on-year, the Shanghai ...

Blood and platelets cannot be manufactured, and they can only come from volunteer donors.

Platelet spreading and clot contraction are regulated by distinct pathways, contrary to previous beliefs that they shared a common pathway. This discovery reveals that different signaling ...