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Type AB positive is the universal blood recipient. Blood cells have anitbodies on the surface that identify. A type blood has A-antibodies, B type blood has B-antibodies, AB type blood has both, and type O has none. When new blood comes into your body, the other cells will look for their antibodies, and if they don't recognize it, they will kill the incoming cells. Since AB type blood has both, it can receive both A and B, as well as O because it recognizes all of them. It can also receive it's own type. The positive part comes form the Rh factor, which acts like another antibody. It can accept all types.

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