Roudebush Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, have uncovered how certain bone marrow cells, called megakaryocytes (MKs), promote the growth of new blood vessels (angiogenesis) to aid in ...

Platelets are formed from megakaryocytes found in the bone marrow, researchers said ... The same signs of megakaryocyte activation were associated with longer-lasting antibody production for ...

It is based on a specific type of blood cell – called a megakaryocyte – which produces ... pro-survival environment in the bone marrow for plasma cells,” said Dr Bali Pulendran, a professor ...

The test is based on a new understanding of what makes a durable vaccine response It looks for blood cells shed by cells in bone marrow linked ... The same signs of megakaryocyte activation ...