In US regions with higher prevalence of #AlphaGalSyndrome, patients with blood type O had more allergic transfusion reactions to group B or AB #platelet or #plasma units vs group O units. ja.ma/3VniCzr

🧲 Researchers at @uwnews.uw.edu are using magnetic microposts to investigate #platelet biomechanics.

🩸 This allows them to measure how platelet forces and stiffness evolve together during the first minutes of clot formation. Check it out: https://bit.ly/4xW0ASr

@brita-o.bsky.social and colleagues @gwibs.bsky.social show that platelet activation due to #HIV infection increases #Platelet-#NKcell complexes, which have distinct phenotypes and may alter the total NK cell population in people living with the virus

In US regions with higher prevalence of #AlphaGalSyndrome, patients with blood type O had more allergic transfusion reactions to group B or AB #platelet or #plasma units vs group O units. ja.ma/4cZDORU