The disease is characterized by an overproduction of immature blood cells. (mdanderson.org)
AML is an aggressive disease of malignant immature blood cells which, if left untreated, almost always causes the death of the affected patient. (sciencedaily.com)
Vidaza, from Pharmion, was approved for myelodysplastic syndromes, a bone marrow disorder marked by rapidly dividing immature blood cells that no longer respond to growth - control mechanisms. (discovermagazine.com)