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    NHS to trial blood test that detects over 50 early-stage cancers © Getty Images
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    NHS to trial blood test that detects over 50 early-stage cancers

    Why do we have different blood types? © Getty Images
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    Why do we have different blood types?

    Nutrient found in tea, dark chocolate and apples could lower blood pressure © Getty Images
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    Nutrient found in tea, red wine and apples could lower blood pressure

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    COVID-19: Blood test could 'identify patients at greatest risk' © Getty Images
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    COVID-19 Blood test could 'identify patients at greatest risk'

    Scientists discover what makes blood so tasty to mosquitoes © Getty Images
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    Scientists discover what makes blood so tasty to mosquitoes

    COVID-19: Have we been treating the disease wrong?
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    Reality Check Have we been treating COVID-19 wrong?

    Blood plasma from men who've recovered from COVID-19 'could save lives' © Mark Waugh/NHS Blood and Transplant/PA
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    Men who have had COVD-19 ‘could save lives’ by donating blood

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    Delirium, brain inflammation and stroke linked to COVID-19

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    New, non-invasive cancer test can detect one mutation in a million DNA molecules © Getty Images
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    New, non-invasive cancer test can detect one mutation in a million DNA molecules

    Coronavirus blood trial targets hormone imbalance © Getty Images
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    Coronavirus blood trial targets hormone imbalance

    Coronavirus: high blood pressure could double risk of death © Getty Images
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    Coronavirus: high blood pressure could double risk of death

    Child is the first patient to receive COVID-19 blood plasma transfusion in NHS trial © NHS Blood and Transplant/PA
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    Child receives first COVID-19 blood plasma transfusion in NHS trial

    Prostate cancer blood test 'faster, kinder' than traditional biopsies © Getty Images
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    Prostate cancer blood test ‘faster and kinder’ than traditional biopsies

    Over 500 scientists from around the globe to analyse COVID-19 blood samples © Getty Images
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    COVID-19: More than 500 scientists from around the globe to analyse patients’ blood

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