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From left, researchers Wilbur Lam, Alexander Alexeev, and Yueyi Sun hope their findings open medical options for people with clotting issues. (Photo: Reginald Tran)
A Breakthrough in the Physics of Blood Clotting

New Research Shows Platelets Do their Job Better When Not in Total Sync with One Another

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.
Associate Professor Tom Barker and Research Scientist Ashley Brown examine bacteria growing on a plate, part of a technique for evolving antibodies used in their research on platelet-like particles. (Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek)
Platelet-like particles augment natural blood clotting for treating trauma

A new class of synthetic platelet-like particles could augment natural blood clotting for the treatment of traumatic injuries.