Blood types

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sonoma1993

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what is the diffrence between all the blood types? What makes blood diffrent from a type O+ to like type AB+
 

Sundog

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Originally posted by: sonoma1993
what is the diffrence between all the blood types? What makes blood diffrent from a type O+ to like type AB+

Antigens (proteins) that are either present or not present on the surface of the red blood cell.
 

YoshiSato

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Originally posted by: sao123
being O- is good... cuz u can dontate to EVERYONE...

but being AB+ is better... cuz everyone can donate to you....

Yeah but if your O- and need blood and there is no O- in stock your SOL and will be 6 feet under shortly after(or worse like brain damaged)

They however are doing tests with "synethic" blood(which is made from real blood) that is not type specific and appears to be as effective as real blood.

 

Kenazo

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Originally posted by: YoshiSato
Originally posted by: Kenazo
Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
My daughter is AB+, supposedly sorta rare

Hope you aren't an O.... ;)





I'm O+, btw.


For thoes that do not know. You can only be AB if 1 parent is A and the other is B.


You gave away my joke far too soon.... :)
 

Scarpozzi

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You lost a lotta blood there Jerr. That's right....you got 3 pints of Kramer in ya!!!

Jerry: AAAAGGGHHHGHHGHGHGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
 

Anubis

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Originally posted by: PHiuR
ugh...here's a stupid question but...why are our veins blue?

becaus you blood is alot darker then the red we all think it is, its not blue but its close, it turns red when it hits oxygen
 

MaxDepth

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O neg here, just don't ask for any at the moment.
It's more like 80 (Proof).
 

Fritzo

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I have B+, which only 10% of the population has. My wife, out of sheer luck, also has B+ and is a perfect organ donar for me. Now...to harvest her organs.....