Freeze-dried synthetic platelets could save lives on the battlefield and eventually in your backyard

A new synthetic platelet, small enough to fit in your pocket, might soon save lives at car crash scenes and battlefields.

Researchers create freeze-dried artificial platelets for emergency care

New research could soon change emergency medicine and make it easier for first responders to stop bleeding anywhere in the ...
Medical Xpress

Life-saving frozen blood platelets prove safe to use in critically injured patients

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 ...
Nature

Platelet aging and desialylation increase apoptotic priming and BCL-X L dependence

Platelets are small, anucleate cells produced by megakaryocytes primarily in the bone marrow and then released into circulation where they survive for 4–5 days in mice and 7–10 days in humans [1].