A collaborative research team led by Dr. Thorsten Schlaeger (Boston Children's Hospital) Emiri Nakamura and Professor Koji Eto (Department of Clinical Application) has identified microtubule (MT) ...

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 ...

Platelets are small, disc-shaped cell fragments in the blood that are essential to stop bleeding and to initiate blood clotting after injury. Platelet transfusions in patients with severe trauma or ...

Like whole blood for transplants, platelets are perpetually in short supply. But these sticky cell fragments come with an added challenge—while whole blood can be kept for as long as 35 days after ...