Platelet Production, Pumped Up
"Bioreactor on a chip" could help meet rising demand for blood transfusions.
Nov 26, 2014 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 6:16 AM
Top, the bioreactor that can make fully functional human platelets. Bottom, artificially induced stress forces cells through the gaps (yellow arrow); they break free (white arrow), forming platelets. | Top: Jonathan Thon. Bottom: Journal of the American Society of Hematology, July 21, 2014
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