Sentences with phrase «cells called platelets»

Cells called platelets are found in the bloodstream and are responsible for forming clots to stop bleeding.

Another area of increasing interest in tomatoes and heart health involves blood cells called platelets.

The Imperial team found that iron deficiency increases the stickiness of small blood cells called platelets, which initiate blood clotting when they stick together.

Cut your finger, and specialized blood cells called platelets rush in and plug the leak.

Iron deficiency can increase the stickiness of blood cells called platelets, which initiate clotting.

The blood - clotting cells called platelets are usually good guys, stanching wounds so that we don't bleed to death.

Shiqi Peng, Ming Zhao and colleagues note that aspirin lowers cardiovascular disease risk by keeping blood cells called platelets from clumping and forming clots.

Not exact matches

By studying the receptor for thrombopoietin, called Mpl, on blood cells in the bone marrow, the team pinpointed the cells involved in making platelets after thrombopoietin stimulation, and made an unexpected discovery.

The most common adverse side effects were lymphopenia (a condition of abnormally low levels of white blood cells called lymphocytes), neutropenia, blood platelet deficiency, and infection.

Fibrin is an insoluble protein produced by platelets (fragments of white blood cells) from a soluble protein called fibrinogen normally present in blood.

In the current study, the approach involved genetically manipulating such stem cells to become stable immortalized lines of platelet - producing cells called megakaryocyte progenitors.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by a rapidly - developing cancer in the myeloid line of blood cells, which is responsible for producing red blood cells, platelets and several types of white blood cells called granulocytes.

In a third of MDS cases, over time, very immature bone marrow cells called blasts may increase in number and fill the bone marrow, displacing the normal red and white blood cells and platelets that are produced there.

Injections of Growth Factors, when used for many other types of medical treatments, are made from a patient's own blood and blood cells and is called PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) or PDGF (Platelet Derived Growth Factors) Therapy.

Platelet - rich plasma is obtained via a process called centrifugation that removes red and white blood cells from a blood sample while leaving behind a high concentration of platelets in the plasma.

Along with the liquid called plasma, your blood contains red cells, white cells, and platelets.

Your pet's blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelet cells, all suspended in a liquid called plasma.

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The bacteria release a chemical called lipopolysaccharide (LPSI), which also attacks platelets and other cells.

Wellness bloodwork includes a serum chemistry profile, a Complete Blood Count (commonly called a CBC, it's a tally of all the different types of blood cells, like red blood cells, the five zillion different types of white blood cells, and platelets), a thyroid test, and urinalysis, plus yearly heartworm and fecal screening.

But Wait, There's More to a PCV Than Red Blood Cells The remainder of the volume in the capillary tube is a few percentages of white blood cells and platelets in a section called the buffy Cells The remainder of the volume in the capillary tube is a few percentages of white blood cells and platelets in a section called the buffy cells and platelets in a section called the buffy coat.

It's called Panleukopenia because of how the virus will temporarily wipe out the infected cat or kitten's bone marrow of the precursor cells that produce white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets.

There is an additional test for the FeLV called the IFA (Immunofluorescent Antibody) test that checks for evidence of the virus (antigen again) in white blood cells and platelets.

The clinical signs may include anemia, thrombocytopenia (relatively few platelets in blood) and neutropenia (presence of abnormally low number of a type of white blood cells called neutrophils).

Screening blood work, commonly called a «panel and CBC» measures the function of all the internal organs including the liver, kidneys, pancreas, bone marrow production of white and red blood cells and platelets.