How platelets naturally form unobtrusive clots (Image 2)

Activated platelets with platelet extensions called filopodia. The first view of the physical mechanism of how a blood clot contracts at the level of individual platelets is giving researchers a new look at a natural process that is part of blood clotting. A team of researchers from the Perelman ...This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.

Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - February 27, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: video