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Surprising New Role for Lungs: Making Blood

Exciting studies with mice are showing that your lungs may have an additional role beyond providing you with air to breathe, according to HealthCanal. Scientists report that they discovered that the lungs in mice not only produce platelets necessary for blood clotting, but can restore blood production when bone marrow stem cells are depleted. While the studies are still too new to know whether this applies to humans, it’s still a good opportunity to talk about ways to keep your lungs...