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Ebony Dunkley: Black blood donors urgently needed to help treat sickle cell disease

NHS Blood and Transplant is calling for 40,000 new black blood donors to help save the lives of patients with sickle cell disease, the most common and fastest-growing genetic blood disease in the UK.
Posted 04 October 2017 - 07:22
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