Severe thrombocytopenia leading to bleeding into major organs, including intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) can result in miscarriage, loss of the newborn or severe life-long neurological disability.

The following animation explaining Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia has been made by Rallybio, who are a clinical-stage biotechnology company who are in the process of developing a prophylactic treatment to prevent maternal antibodies destroying fetal platelets in HPA-1a negative women.

For more information visit Rallybio’s website here.