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 ...

A report published in the journal The Lancet described a case in which activated charcoal interfered with platelet-lowering medication; platelets are the part of the blood responsible for clotting.

Once enough layers of platelets accumulate ... different signaling molecules were activated depending on the endpoint. Using human platelet-rich plasma, the researchers found that when certain ...