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plateletTiny disc-shaped structure found in the blood, which helps it to clot. Platelets are not true cells, but membrane-bound cell fragments without nuclei that bud off from large cells in the bone marrow. They play a vital role in blood clotting as they release blood clotting factors at the site of a cut. Over twelve clotting factors have been discovered and they produce a complex series of reactions which ultimately leads to fibrinogen, the inactive blood sealant always found in the plasma, being converted into fibrin. Fibrin aggregates into threads which form the fabric of a blood clot. |
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| SPC Andrew Halttunen, a trained dental laboratory technician (68EN5), recently began working on a blood platelet protocol that involves freeze drying blood platelets. More than 35 percent of donated blood platelets -- used to stem internal bleeding and clot the blood of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy -- come from out of state because people in Los Angeles are too busy to give the Vampire an hour. After drinking about two cups of grape juice per day for two weeks, study subjects' blood showed 13 percent higher levels of vitamin E, 50 percent higher levels of total antioxidants, and significantly lower levels of blood platelet activity. |
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