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Red Blood Cells

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Red blood cells ferry oxygen to tissues, providing fuel for muscular activity. Unscrupulous athletes have been able to 'dope' their blood by enriching their supply of red blood cells. But a new test of microRNA can tell old cells from new ones.

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