Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SilkPlatelet (Closing the European gap towards a large scale ex vivo platelet production built upon a silk-based scaffold bioreactor)

Platelets are necessary for blood to clot and stop bleeding. They are generated from giant cells called megakaryocytes that reside in the bone marrow, inside bones. When bone marrow is unable to produce enough platelets, the body bruises and bleeds more easily, for example...