MICROANATOMY

BLOOD CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM LYMPHOID ORGANS

BLOOD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rh factor
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It is important to mention that Landsteiner together with his American colleague Alexander Wiener discovered the Rh blood group and reported it in 1940, 1941.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Rh blood group is one of the most complex blood groups known in humans. From its discovery 60 years ago where it was named (in error) after the Rhesus monkey, it has become second in importance only to the ABO blood group in the field of transfusion medicine.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rh factor was discovered in 1940 by Landsteiner and Wiener. 5 Rabbits were injected with the blood of the rhesus monkey (Macacus rhesus). Following a series of injections their serum clumped the red cells of the monkey, as was to be expected, but also the red cells of about 85 per cent of human beings.

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