A classical depiction of Queen Niobe grieving her child, intertwined with symbolic antibodies and red blood cells to represent Rh incompatibility. Credit: Amin Mohajeri In Greek mythology, Queen Niobe’s pride led to her children’s death, and her endless grief turned her into stone. The human body, too, can be undone by its own devotion: A … Continue reading Protecting Pregnancy When Blood Types Differ
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Blood Types: B Positive about How They Work
Blood transfusions are an essential and safe part of modern medicine, but it wasn’t always that way. In medieval times, transfusions often caused terrible, fatal reactions. Then in 1901, Karl Landsteiner discovered blood types and that humans had four—A, B, AB and O. Because of this discovery, we now know that the secret to a … Continue reading Blood Types: B Positive about How They Work