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What prevents your body from accepting transfusions of certain types of blood?
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∙ 11y ago
Antibodies. They are designed to resist, or fight, specific types of antigens.
Type AB has no antibodies, which is why they can receive any type of blood.
Type A has B antibodies, which means it will fight type B blood as well as type AB.
Type B has A antibodies, which means it will fight type A blood, as well as type AB.
Type O has A and B antibodies, which is why it can only receive type O blood.
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