title: JAMming the signals.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Naik and colleagues have identified a new mechanism used by platelets to inhibit the signals that drive their activation through integrin αIIbβ3,which serves to prevent inappropriate or premature thrombus formation.
authors.affiliation: University of Reading.
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gibbins