image: (top) Citrated whole blood is put between electrodes. When the blood starts coagulation, the permittivity measured by alternating current (AC) increases in relation to the aggregation and ...

Blood coagulation protects from microbial infections. A recent study now shows that neutrophils fine tune the procoagulant response to invading pathogens (pages 887–896). Neutrophils degrade an ...

Since it was described a half-century ago, the concept of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and its underlying pathogenesis have taken shape in accordance with the understanding of the ...

A recent study provides new insights into the mechanisms of coagulation in persons with haemophilia A, the most common form of haemophilia. The research team was able to show that saliva contains ...