Researchers funded by NHLBI have discovered a new role for the lungs: making blood. The study, published in Nature, describes how cells in the lungs of mice produce most blood platelets and can replenish blood-making cells in bone marrow. The research team “disrupted some traditional ideas about the pulmonary role in platelet-related hematopoiesis, paving the way for further scientific exploration of this integrated biology,” said Traci Mondoro, NHLBI project officer.
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