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What can go wrong in the blood? A brief overview of bleeding, clotting and cancer

  • Written by Maher Gandhi, Professor of Blood Cancer Research, The University of Queensland
imageOur blood flows through our every organ and gives us life. So problems can have wide-ranging consequences. from www.shutterstock.com.au

This week we’re running a series in collaboration with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service looking at blood: what it actually does, why we need it, and what happens when something goes wrong with the...

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