myeloproliferative
adjective
my·e·lo·pro·lif·er·a·tive
ˈmī-ə-lō-prə-ˈli-f(ə-)rə-tiv 
-fə-ˌrā-
: of, relating to, or being a disorder (such as leukemia) marked by excessive proliferation of bone marrow elements and especially blood cell precursors
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The company continues to focus on its core therapeutic areas, including oncology, inflammation and autoimmunity, and myeloproliferative neoplasms and graft-versus-host disease, with a strong pipeline of products in various stages of development.
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
Collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, these rare blood cancers are, well, very rare.
—Brittany Risher, SELF, 30 July 2024
The members taught me that a hematologist is a general blood doctor, not a specialist in my type of blood cancer (a category called myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPN).
—Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 16 July 2024
About seven years later, while hospitalized with another blood clot, a doctor familiar with rare cancers recommended that I be tested for a JAK2 mutation, which is often associated with a group of rare blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).
—Julie D., Woman's Day, 24 Sep. 2020
Next on 23andMe’s agenda: applying the same approach to rare cancers, such as sarcoma and a group of blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms, that are difficult to study but that might be ideally suited to this kind of analysis.
—Mara Grunbaum, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2012
Imago’s lead drug candidate is targeting conditions known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, which are marked by excessive production of blood cells.
—Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
Impact Biomedicines focuses on treatments for patients with related cancers that are classified as myeloproliferative neoplasms, according to the company’s website.
—Reuters, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Jan. 2018
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Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
Collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, these rare blood cancers are, well, very rare.
—Brittany Risher, SELF, 30 July 2024
The members taught me that a hematologist is a general blood doctor, not a specialist in my type of blood cancer (a category called myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPN).
—Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 16 July 2024
About seven years later, while hospitalized with another blood clot, a doctor familiar with rare cancers recommended that I be tested for a JAK2 mutation, which is often associated with a group of rare blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs).
—Julie D., Woman's Day, 24 Sep. 2020
Next on 23andMe’s agenda: applying the same approach to rare cancers, such as sarcoma and a group of blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms, that are difficult to study but that might be ideally suited to this kind of analysis.
—Mara Grunbaum, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2012
Imago’s lead drug candidate is targeting conditions known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, which are marked by excessive production of blood cells.
—Jonathan D. Rockoff, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
Impact Biomedicines focuses on treatments for patients with related cancers that are classified as myeloproliferative neoplasms, according to the company’s website.
—Reuters, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 Jan. 2018
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“Myeloproliferative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myeloproliferative. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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myeloproliferative
adjective
my·e·lo·pro·lif·er·a·tive
ˈmī-ə-lō-prə-ˈlif-ə-ˌrāt-iv, -rət-
: of, relating to, or being a disorder (as leukemia) marked by excessive proliferation of bone marrow elements and especially blood cell precursors
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