Injections of platelet-rich plasma made from a patient's own blood are increasingly used to treat knee osteoarthritis, but ...

How Does It Work for ITP? There is no cure for ITP. Its symptoms can vary from person to person, with some people not having any symptoms. Because ITP causes low platelets, the main side effects that ...

Researchers have developed synthetic platelets that can be used to stop bleeding and enhance healing at the site of an injury. The researchers have demonstrated that the synthetic platelets work well ...

Chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia is a low platelet count caused by chemo drugs damaging bone marrow cells that produce platelets. This happens because chemo targets all quickly replicating cells ...

A low platelet count is a condition in which the blood has fewer platelets than normal. Medically known as thrombocytopenia, it occurs when platelet levels drop below 1,50,000 per microlitre of blood, ...