A new method for treating and chilling blood platelets may prolong their shelf-life by a week or more, helping to ease chronic shortages that endanger patients needing platelet transfusions. These ...

Rilzabrutinib, an oral, reversible covalent inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase, may increase platelet counts in patients with immune thrombocytopenia by means of dual mechanisms of action: ...

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 ...