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2025-01-18 17:07:19 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DBBB4DF558DAC4248F267C4E6D4EF6B080444BB218A36BAC4378BAE280DFEAFC
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Multiple steps are used to clean blood donations to remove extraneous organisms, pathogens, and excess DNA fragments. There is no biological mechanism for the events in question to occur. Cells readily break down excess foreign DNA. https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/blood-donation-process/what-happens-to-donated-blood.html#:~:text=Most%20whole%20blood%20donations%20are,by%20helping%20blood%20to%20clot.
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