AML is also called acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
Bone marrow is the spongy tissue inside the large bones in the body.
Bone marrow cells are produced by immature immortal stem cells. White blood cells fight infection. Platelets make the blood clot. Adult acute myeloid leukemia affects the blasts that are developing into white blood cells called granulocytes . In adult acute myeloid leukemia, the blasts do not mature and become too numerous.