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Researchers Yongzhi Qiu (left) and Wilbur Lam discuss their research on platelets. Lam is assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Qiu is a research associate in the Emory School of Medicine. (Credit: Rob Felt)
Platelets modulate clotting behavior by “feeling” their surroundings

Blood platelets can "feel" the physical environment around them, researchers have learned.