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Aspirin Selectively Inhibits Prostaglandin Production in Human Platelets

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Platelets in the blood of volunteers who have taken aspirin can no longer produce prostaglandins.

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SMITH, J., WILLIS, A. Aspirin Selectively Inhibits Prostaglandin Production in Human Platelets. Nature New Biology 231, 235–237 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio231235a0

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