When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread ...

Blood clots can be lifesaving when they stop bleeding caused by a cut or injury. But they can be deadly if they form when and where they aren't needed. That's why the news in late December 2012 ...

Until recently, researchers believed that platelet spreading and clot contraction were controlled by the same pathway. However a recent study from Thomas Jefferson University researchers challenges ...