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Platelets are produced in the bone marrow by cells called megakaryocytes. iStock
Feature: A Matter of Life & Death
Vanessa Solomon, Benjamin Kile & Emma Josefsson
Discovering the factors that control the lifespan of the cells that form blood clots could improve cancer treatments and extend the shelf-life of blood donations.
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Feature: New Blood
Christopher Hall & Philip Crosier
Chemotherapy takes a huge toll on the immune system, but new research into blood stem cell proliferation could improve the recovery of patients.