Exercise 1: Blood Typing Interactive and Rh Incompatibility
There are many different naming systems for blood typing. The most commonly used one currently is the ABO system. This results in 8 possible blood types. They are A+ / A-, B+ / B-, AB+ / AB- and O+ / O-. To determine these various types a cell surface marker is searched for. Each one of the blood types will have a unique series of cell surface markers.
PROCEDURE
1. Head over to https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/blood-types.html
2. Read through the material on that page and experiment with the various interactive infographics.
3. Head over tohttps://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/rh-incompatibility
4. Read through the basics of Rh Incompatibility and explore more if you are interested.
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