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Harry Blackwood: Red Blood Cell Aggregation Within a Blood Clot Causes Platelet-Independent Clot Shrinkage
Aug 26, 2025, 09:47

Harry Blackwood: Red Blood Cell Aggregation Within a Blood Clot Causes Platelet-Independent Clot Shrinkage

Felix Keynes, AI product manager, shared an important post on LinkedIn:

“We long assumed platelets drive clot retraction – new data suggests otherwise.
A recent study shows red blood cell aggregation inside clots can generate enough mechanical force to shrink a thrombus independently of platelets. If validated in vivo, this finding challenges core assumptions in thrombosis biology and could point to non-platelet therapeutic targets or new imaging/endpoints for clinical trials.”

Read the article here:

Article: Red Blood Cell Aggregation Within a Blood Clot Causes Platelet-Independent Clot Shrinkage

Author: Harry Blackwood

Harry Blackwood: Red Blood Cell Aggregation Within a Blood Clot Causes Platelet-Independent Clot Shrinkage
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