How red blood cells get so big -- and the bad things that happen when they don't
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 18:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have discovered how megakaryocytes -- giant blood cells that produce wound-healing platelets -- manage to grow 10 to 15 times larger than other blood cells. The findings also hint at how a malfunction in this process may cause a form of leukemia.