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Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann
Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)
Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations)
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References:

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
[2] https://doi.org/10.1016/S0015-7368(72...
[3] https://www.givingblood.org/about-blo...
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
[5] https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt04...
[6] https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt1298/
[7] https://www.jbc.org/content/295/2/325...
[8] https://www.nature.com/articles/s4156...