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Actually, It's O-.

 

And I forgot mine. xP

It is being disputed especially if you are talking about red blood cells because the plasma part of the blood has antigens in them.

The Mayo Clinic says no but the red cross says yes

Edited by HikariYami

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It is being disputed especially if you are talking about red blood cells because the plasma part of the blood has antigens in them.

The Mayo Clinic says no but the red cross says yes

 

Wouldn't O- be more universal because it doesn't have the D antigen Rh factor?  If there isn't an antigen, then you can't develop an immunity against it, so you wouldn't have any Ig's against it floating around in your plasma.

 

And what in the world is Mayo clinic?

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Wouldn't O- be universal because it doesn't have the D antigen Rh factor?  If there isn't an antigen, then you can't develop an immunity against it, so you wouldn't have any Ig's against it floating around in your plasma.

 

And what in the world is Mayo clinic?

The Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and best nonprofit medical research group/facilities in the world.

 

They have found that even O- blood has antigens in it, and it may not even be classified as the universal donor anymore or they may scrap the idea.

 

Blood consists of 3 things: platelets, plasma, and red bloods cells. 

The universal Red blood cell donor is O-

The universal Platelet donor is AB

The universal Plasma donor is AB ( or A or B)

O+ is high in demand because it is the most common. 

 

The best way to see how complicated blood typing can be is bone marrow transplants. 

 

When it all come down to it, Blood types have more to it than what we are spoon feed in school. 

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The Mayo Clinic is one of the largest and best nonprofit medical research group/facilities in the world.

 

They have found that even O- blood has antigens in it, and it may not even be classified as the universal donor anymore or they may scrap the idea.

 

Blood consists of 3 things: platelets, plasma, and red bloods cells. 

The universal Red blood cell donor is O-

The universal Platelet donor is AB

The universal Plasma donor is AB ( or A or B)

O+ is high in demand because it is the most common. 

 

The best way to see how complicated blood typing can be is bone marrow transplants. 

 

When it all come down to it, Blood types have more to it than what we are spoon feed in school. 

 

Yeah, there are other blood types and specifications beyond the ABO system for blood as a whole, but I was just talking about the A, B, and Rh D  antigens on erythrocytes here, since that's what I'd assume people are going to talk about in the thread.  It's awesome to study other blood types, though!  Some of the coolest case studies I've seen were about people figuring out how a child can have an O blood type and still be the AB fathers legitimate child and stuff like that.  It's crazy what you find out there.  Humans are so complex.   :D

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And what in the world is Mayo clinic?

A website that while although it is helpful in diagnostics, will almost always lead you to believe you have some terminal illness. You have a minor headache? You go onto mayo clinic and then you'll be convinced you have some super--ebola-AIDS-Brain-Cancer and will die in the next 5 hours...

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