Definition of megakaryocyte
: a large cell that has a lobulated nucleus, is found especially in the bone marrow, and is the source of blood platelets
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To try to better understand this previously unknown effect of aspirin, cardiologist Deepak Voora of Duke University and his colleagues looked at cells called megakaryocytes, which give rise to platelets.
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The end result of all this genetic manipulation: the platelets produced by the megakaryocytes did not clump together, which presumably prevented them from camouflaging cancer cells.
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1890
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