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Jecko Thachil on Platelets as Evolution’s Answer to Both Hemorrhage and Infection
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Jan 19, 2026, 16:22

Jecko Thachil on Platelets as Evolution’s Answer to Both Hemorrhage and Infection

Jecko Thachil, Consultant Haematologist at NHS, shared on LinkedIn:

”We tend to think platelets as the cells which stops bleeding.

But could they have evolved to deal with both bleeding and infection at the same time ?

Platelets as evolution’s answer to both hemorrhage and infection – ScienceDirect”

Read the full article here.

Article: Platelets as evolution’s answer to both hemorrhage and infection

Authors: Gerard Gurumurthy, Jecko Thachil

Jecko Thachil on Platelets as Evolution’s Answer to Both Hemorrhage and Infection

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