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October 16, 1995 7:00 AM UTC

University researchers published the discovery of prostaglandin-like molecules that are made through the pharmacologic actions of aspirin. As reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, aspirin triggered the biosynthesis of previously unrecognized eicosaniods, or long-chain fatty acids, when endothelial cells cultured from human umbilical cords were co-incubated with neutrophils. ...