Blood types, as people commonly know, has a classification which is simply based on two things:
* ABO group
* Rhesus factor Now, the ABO group, depends on two antigens; antigen A and antigen B. which lie on the surface of the RBC:
* A person having an A antigen on his RBC cells will show a blood type of A * A person having a B antigen on his RBC cells will show a blood type of B * A person having both A & B antigens on his RBC cells will show a blood type of AB * A person having neither of those antigens will show a blood type of O Second, the rhesus factor, which depends on a single antigen; antigen D, which also lies on the surface of the RBC:
* A person having a D antigen is called an Rh positive, e.g. A, B and D antigens' presence exhibit a blood type of AB+ (universal acceptor)
* A person without the D antigen is called an Rh negative, e.g. Neither A, nor B, nor D antigens' presence exhibit a blood type of O- (universal donor). Both factors combine to form the blood types as we know them today.
I disagree. It is possible for a person to have the blood type ABO as it is determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens on the surface of red blood cells. A simple blood test can confirm the blood type of an individual.
No. A and B are dominant blood types and O is recessive. A parent with blood type AB can only donate a dominant A or dominant B. A child with blood type O would need to come from parents with one of the following combinations: A-A, A-B, A-O, B-O, O-O
a person with O+/- blood can only receive O+/- blood respectively. O+ can give blood to any other + blood type, and O- can give blood to anyone.
Can B+ type blood be transfused into O type blood in humans?
Blood type O can donate to blood type B because blood type O lacks A and B antigens on the surface of red blood cells, and blood type B does not have antibodies against blood type O. This means there is no reaction when blood type O is transfused to blood type B.
Anything except type 0. You need an understanding of genetics to answer this. There are lots of good websites that explain it.
Because their body recognizes the A and the B types of blood, and O is recognized by all types because it has no genes
yes the hospital do have enough Well, type A blood can only receive type A blood and those who have type B blood can only use type B blood, and for type AB, you can get type 0 blood meaning you can receive any type of blood in your body has both A and B antigens on red cells. For type A blood, it has only the A has only the A antigen on red cells and for type B blood, it has only the B antigen on red cells.
I disagree. It is possible for a person to have the blood type ABO as it is determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens on the surface of red blood cells. A simple blood test can confirm the blood type of an individual.
Each blood type has it's identifying proteins, and will reject blood with the wrong proteins. Type A blood is anti-B, type B blood is anti-A, type O blood has both, and type AB blood has neither. Imagine if someone with AB blood tried to donate to someone with A. AB blood has identifying proteins A and B. The type A blood would recognize the B proteins and kill the cells. The same thing would happen with B, which would recognize the A proteins and kill the cells. Type O blood would recognize and reject both the A and B proteins and reject them. However, if someone who is type AB gives to AB people, their blood does not destroy neither protein A nor B, so it would accept it.
No. A and B are dominant blood types and O is recessive. A parent with blood type AB can only donate a dominant A or dominant B. A child with blood type O would need to come from parents with one of the following combinations: A-A, A-B, A-O, B-O, O-O
a person with O+/- blood can only receive O+/- blood respectively. O+ can give blood to any other + blood type, and O- can give blood to anyone.
If both parents have type A blood then the baby should have type A blood. or type O blood
The universal donor blood type is O negative. This blood type can be given to individuals of any blood type. The universal receiver blood type is AB positive. This blood type can receive blood from individuals of any blood type.
blood type A has type A antigens. blood type B has type B antigens.
If the blood type of the donor is different from the receivers blood type, the blood type of the revive can attack the different type of blood
My elder sister have blood type AB, myself having blood type A and my younger brother having blood type O.