Platelet transfusion is a cornerstone in the management of thrombocytopenia and the prevention of bleeding in a wide range of clinical settings, yet it is beset by complex immunological, technical and ...

EU-funded researchers are using silk-based bone marrow “factories” to grow platelets in the lab, helping to lower our dependence on limited donor blood supplies.By Hannah Docter-LoebEvery day, ...

Research has proven frozen blood platelets are safe and effective for use in critically injured patients—a breakthrough dramatically extending their shelf life for transfusions from one week to two ...

65.4% of hospitalized ITP inpatients did not have a bleeding episode or surgical procedure associated with their platelet transfusion. Platelet transfusions were not associated with improved clinical ...

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 ...

Introduction Interest in cold-stored platelets (CSP) has seen a resurgence over the last 20 years, having not been clinically used since the 1980s. A multitude of in vitro studies have reported ...

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 ...

Treatment of hairy-cell leukemia with cladribine: response, toxicity, and long-term follow-up. Seventy-eight patients undergoing induction therapy for acute leukemia were randomized to receive ...

Bart Scott, MD, MS: Many patients wonder about what the complications are of transfusions. Transfusions, for the most part, are tolerated well, but they are not without [adverse] effects. We can take ...

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 ...