Explaining different blood types 21 Articles

by Dorothy Wilde

There are two major classification system used in medical sciences for classification of blood groups: ABO system and Rh 'rhesus system'. These two major classification systems are used for grouping blood in human beings. ...read more

by Ian Loft

Analysing blood under a microscope reveal some important and quite distinct differences. It was an early 20th century Austrian scientist by the name of Karl Landsteiner that first identified and subsequently classified th...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

BLOOD TYPES One of the most important things in human biology and one that is relevant to all human beings is blood. Blood is divided into types, and although these blood types are not so much an issue in diagnosis of...read more

by Mary Paliescheskey

There are actually 29 different human blood type groups. The groups are determined by the protein found on the surface of the blood cell. Some of these protein antigens can cause serious problems in blood transfusions beca...read more

by Krystle Hernandez

Unfortunately, our world is not as safe as most people would like it to be. Although it may not be best to imagine that danger lurks around every corner, it is important to recognize the reasonable (and probable) risks in...read more

by Jo.H

Human blood is grouped into four main categories, A, B, AB, and O. Each letter symbolizes a different antigen or protein found on the surface of red blood cells. For example blood group B will have the antigen known as th...read more

by Michelle Gardner

There are four types of blood in the ABO system: A, B, AB, and O. Your blood type is determined by one gene from your mother and one from your father that combine to establish your blood type. These two genes determine you...read more

by Aubrey Little

Understanding the difference between the blood types can be of major importance for issues including, but not limited to: blood transfusions, cancer treatments, donating organs and even to giving birth. There are four ...read more

by Yolanda Thompson

Unless you're a doctor, knowing about the different blood types may be pretty useless. However, it does help to know what you have and what can go with you. According to my Biology of Sex professor (yes, I took that cla...read more

by Steve Martin

Have a transfusion of the wrong type of blood and it can kill you. However, it was not until the beginning of the Twentieth Century that blood groups were first identified (by the Austrian, Karl Landsteiner). Basically,...read more

by Dexter

"The gift of life" (blood) is more complex than it appears to be and our in-depth understanding of the various blood groups will be instrumental in avoiding any unintended tragedy during a blood transfusion. Earlier attemp...read more

by Super Loser

There is a conventional classification of essentially, four blood types known as the ABO system. These are namely A, B, AB and O blood types, discovered by Karl Landsteiner in Vienna in the early 1900's, whilst trying to f...read more

by M.L. Brooke

If you should ever make the mistake of getting a blood transfusion (a risky procedure that has all but been replaced with safer, cheaper, more reliable means such as hetastarch, dextrose, ringer's solution, and any number ...read more

by Shukhrat Kholtaev

In Japan it is considered that the type of the blood - indicator of the individuality of man, it is similar to the Western faith in the signs of zodiacal signs (tradition of zodiac also it is used in modern Japan). This ...read more

by Alison J

Blood consists of 4 parts, these are red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. On the surface of the red blood cells are antigens which are markers. It is these antigens which are used to determine the di...read more

by D. J. Poe

Different blood types are relatively simple. The types are A, B, AB and O. If you mix A with B they will "clump" as viewed microscopically so you can see they are incompatible in the bloodstream. The "R" factor, discove...read more

by Steven Templeton

Every day thousands of pints of blood are donated across the U.S. for the purpose of transfusion in surgeries where a loss of blood is expected as well as injuries that cause significant blood loss. Although this may se...read more

by Lynn Hancock

Explaining Different Blood Types As we learned in grade school there are four blood types, A, B, O, and AB, with each having an RH factor positive or negative. There are many other alleles attached to blood typing but ...read more

by Maia Chou

Three different types of alleles determine an individual's blood type: A, B, and O. Alleles are one of the many genetic information found in the chromosomes of our DNA and by extension, in our blood. Each one of us inh...read more

by RAWR

Blood type is defined by the antigens (proteins that are coded to stimulate an immune response when a foreign substance is found) located on the surface of the red blood cells. There are two different antigens available t...read more