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Explainer: what are blood groups and why do they matter?

  • Written by Erica Wood, Associate Professor; Head, Transfusion Research Unit, Monash University

If you’ve ever needed a blood transfusion, or donated blood, you probably would have been asked your blood type. While it was once thought all blood was the same, we now know there are different types of blood, called blood groups. Transfusions between blood groups can be catastrophic, even deadly, so knowing the blood type of donors and...

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