blood typing

blood typing

n.

See blood grouping.

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blood typing,

a blood test used to determine the character of the blood of prospective blood donors and of expectant mothers and newborns on the basis of agglutinogens in the erythrocytes. The test detects the presence of ABO antigens as well as the Rh factor. See also blood group.

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typing

in transplantation and transfusion immunology, a method of measuring the degree of organ, solid tissue, or blood compatibility between two individuals, in which specific histocompatibility antigens (e.g. those present on leukocytes) or other cell surface antigens, e.g. red blood cell antigens, are detected by means of suitable immune serum.

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blood typing

determining the antigenic determinants present on the surface of red blood cells by using specific antibodies (typing serums). See also blood group.

phage typing

see phage typing.

tissue typing

see tissue typing.

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Patient discussion about blood typing.

Q. HIV - does it infect specific Blood Types? A friend of mine joined the army and they took him to an experiment and infected him with HIV. But he was not infected- he said because he has a certain blood type. Is this true?

A. I find it hard to believe the army infected any one with HIV. But that's a different story. Blood types differ from one another by their red blood cells proteins. HIV infects white blood cells .there is no connection between blood type and a cure for HIV. If there was- you’ve heard about it by now…

Q. Is it true that people with different blood type should have different diets?

A. There were plenty of suggestions on changing your diet according to your blood type, however none of them were proved in a proper double-blinded randomized control trial in scientific medicine and therefore it is still yet another theory.

Q. Do all cancer types involve tumors? If so than having leukemia means you have tumors in your blood?

A. cancer is human cells that are mutated and lost control on their proliferating state. they just multiply and multiply without any regulation. blood cells are not attached so they don't form a "tumor" (in Latin means- a bump)if becoming cancerous.