A team from Würzburg has fundamentally changed our understanding of platelet biology. The researchers demonstrate that the ...

Platelets are small, anucleate blood cells that play an essential role in hemostasis. Their primary task is to recognize vascular injury, become activated, and aggregate via their surface receptor ...

The fundamental role of platelets in haemostasis and thrombosis relies on their capability of adhesion to specific locations of the perturbed vessel wall upon injury, damage or inflammation. Continued ...