![]() ![]() Red cells far outnumber both the platelets, which stop bleeding by clotting blood vessel injuries, and white cells, which protect your body from pathogens and disease. In every two to three drops of blood, roughly one billion blood cells reside. Red blood cells, manufactured in the bone marrow, perform the hard work of carrying oxygen around the body. ![]() All blood contains the same basic components: red cells, white cells, platelets, and plasma, which is the liquid portion of blood holding the red and white blood cells along with the platelets in suspension. Let’s take a step back to refresh the basics. So what is expressed on the surface of the cell determines the type and which blood is compatible with which patient.” “The blood group gene encodes for a protein that gets expressed on the surface of the red cell and that is what we detect in the laboratory. Leslie Silberstein, a spokesperson for the American Society of Hematology and hematologist at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, told Medical Daily. “We inherit our blood groups on genes,” Dr. So why are so few people categorized as AB? If you found out you're type AB, you're pretty unique, in fact, you have the rarest blood type of all. "After passing the examination by experts from the National Center for Biotechnology Information of the United States, the gene of this cis-AB blood group is now officially included and published in the 'GenBank' database that has shared it to the world as a new gene," Zhang Qian, deputy director of the Laboratory of Baoji Central Blood Station, was quoted as saying by Huashang Daily.You’ve probably donated blood at least once in your life so, along with free apple juice, the American Red Cross gave you a card identifying your blood type. This Rh-null blood type is highly autoimmune, which means carriers of the type have higher immunity and can provide more effective blood transfusions in an emergency.Īfter further genetic testing, it was confirmed that the gene sequence of the woman and her two family members had never been found before. However, the people who have golden blood are even rarer, with fewer than 50 people reported having the blood type globally. However, having the rare blood type may not be such a blessing as it is very difficult to find golden blood when a transfusion is needed.Ībout three out of 1,000 people could have panda blood in China. Due to this feature, golden blood can be compatible with any kind of blood type for transfusion. The owner of this type is an 18-year-old woman, a staff member of the blood station told the newspaper.Ī major difference between golden blood and panda blood is that there is no Rh antigen on the red blood cells in the golden blood. Staff from the Baoji Central Blood Station discovered the unusual Rh-null golden blood after a donation, according to the Huashang Daily, a local newspaper in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The blood type is more uncommon than the well-known "panda blood" that refers to the Rh-negative blood type. Ī rarely seen blood type, dubbed "golden blood", was found recently during a routine screening in Baoji, Shaanxi province. Medical workers and administrative personnel donate blood at a blood donation bus in Dongyang, Zhejiang province, on Tuesday. ![]()
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