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Part of Jordan Eagles’s Blood Equality – Illuminations, 2017, an installation that uses imaged blood on plexiglass.

Spilling blood in art, a tale of tampons, Trump and taboos

Contemporary artists from Judy Chicago to Stelarc have made art from blood. And an exhibition at Melbourne’s new Science Gallery addresses our ambivalent attitudes to this life-giving fluid.
The most important blood borne viruses for human health are the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Why are only some viruses transmissible by blood and how are they actually spread?

Why is it only some viruses are transmissible by blood, and how does the virus actually move from person to person?
Our blood has more functions than we probably realise - all vital for life. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Explainer: what’s actually in our blood?

Blood transports nutrients, hormones, proteins, vitamins and minerals around our body.
Blood transfusions save lives - at least they do now. Here’s how an ancient experiment became a routine life saver. from www.shutterstock.com.au

From animal experiments to saving lives: a history of blood transfusions

Here we look at how blood transfusions started as an experiment four centuries ago, and became the modern-day life saver they are.
We know blood is vital for life, do we know why? Illuminations: Blood Equality by Jordan Eagles (USA) Image credit: David Meanix and courtesy of artist as part of Science Gallery Melbourne’s BLOOD exhibition

Essays on blood: why do we actually have it?

Everything you never knew about the red stuff in your veins.

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