Congratulations to Walter Kahr (Toronto @UofT). His fantastic image of proplatelet formation has won the #Platelets cover competition for 2018. The Platelet Journal is an International, fully peer-reviewed journal dedicated to platelet and platelet-related research.
Meeting Abstracts of papers presented at the 1st Italian-UK Platelet Meeting University of Bath, 7–8 September 2017 Organizers: Giordano Pula, Ilaria Canobbio & Mauro Torti Published online: 26 Oct 2017
As part of our continued effort to raise funds and awareness of bleeding disorders, two of our community, Professor Khalid Naseem and Pip Nicolson, with be riding the full Maratona dles Dolomites Sportive, with distance of 138km and 4000m of climbing.The Maratona dles Dolomites Sportive is one of the worlds largest Grandfondo bicycle races. This […]
The Platelet Society has been formed through the coming together of The UK Platelet Group and The Platelet Charity. The Platelet Society supports new and ongoing research into platelet-related diseases. Members of the Platelet Society are actively engaged in researching all aspects of platelet biology, from how they are made to how they work normally […]
Thank you so much to all the friends and family of Maurice Hynes, who raised a fabulous total of nearly £2,600 to help us help people with bleeding disorders. This wonderful bunch of folk were walking in memory of Maurice Hynes – ‘Dad, Gongy, Moss’ who was diagnosed with a platelet function disorder. The diagnosis […]
Candice, age 29 I guess looking back I didn’t notice a lot a difference between myself and other kids. My parents were always careful which activities I got involved in, however being quite an energetic and out-going child I always had my fair share of bruises. Often I had one or two black eyes. My […]
With many thanks to the family and friends of Viv John Beck, who sadly passed on 17th December 2015. He was a great man with a great heart and was extremely proud of his family. Thank you for the donations to help us help people with bleeding disorders.
Our thanks to Dr Marloes Tijssen and her colleagues at All Saints Church in Newmarket on Saturday 5th September for a fundraising evening of wine, cheese and musical entertainment. The evening raised £500 for platelet research. Thank you!
Dr Marloes Tijssen organised an evening of music and wine on September 5th at All Saints Church Newmarket and dedicated the evening to her friend Victoria Simpson. A dear friend Victoria – known as Tori, sadly passed away this year after a stroke which was a complication of her Noonan’s syndrome. The evening of music […]
The University of Birmingham has hosted a talk on a recent project that has been undertaken across a number of research units, on the Genotyping and Phenotyping of Plateletlets (GAPP). Patients heard from the consultants on their findings and the importance of continuing this work to identify more about Platelet Function Disorders (PFDs) Whilst the […]