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blast cell

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blast cell
n.
1. A precursor of a human blood cell.
2. An immature, undifferentiated cell.



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In AML, which hits 6,400 people in the United States each year, blast cells -- produced in the bone marrow -- don't mature as they should into granulocytes, a type of infection-fighting white blood cell.
9 million cubic feet of refrigerated space, the installation of 7 blast cells, material handling equipment, and storage racks and pallets.
We were encouraged with the results of that study, in particular the effect of our therapeutic agent in patients with lower numbers of leukemic blast cells in their blood and in their bone marrow.
 
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