(1) Aspirin prevents heart disease by keeping the platelets in our blood from sticking together and forming a clot.(2) The bone marrow is responsible for formation of blood components such as the white blood cells and platelets .(3) After five or six days in hospital Kim was diagnosed with severe aplastic anaemia which is a failure of the bone marrow to produce blood cells and platelets .(4) For example, a person can receive only platelets , red blood cells, or a clotting factor.(5) The animals also showed no significant decreases in white blood cells or platelets .
