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Your Blood Donations Are Changing Your Genes. Here’s How.
We often think of blood donation as a one-way street: we give, and others receive.
But what if the exchange went deeper, reaching into the very core of our cellular makeup?
New research suggests this:
Frequent blood donation triggers a series of genetic adaptations, a kind of internal fine-tuning that allows the body to regenerate blood cells more efficiently.
These findings aren’t about some radical mutation but the subtle, elegant ways our bodies respond to the demands we place on them.
Donations Boost Blood Stem Cell Production
Let’s examine how genetic adaptations in the blood stem cells of frequent blood donors support the production of new, non-cancerous cells without increasing cancer risk.
Francis Crick Institute researchers did a detailed analysis of blood samples from 200 study subjects.
