Testing+Blood+Types

  Testing Blood Types … = Testing Blood Types! =

==== In this experiment we will determine bloood type using testing solutions. It is important to know that we can not use real blood (and that you should never handle someone else's blood without proper training) as blood can carry disease (HIV or Hepatitis B, for example). Knowing your blood type is important in the event you have to ever receive blood at a hospital (a transfusion). If you are give the wrong blood in a transfusion, the antibodies in the blood can cause your blood to clot- causing severe medical problems and possibly even death. ====

Your group will be given some blood. You will test it with two solutions. The Solution A will cause the blood to "clot" if the blood is genotype AA or AB or AO because it contains the antibodies to the A antigens. The Solution B will cause the blood to "clot" if the blood is blood type BB or AB or BO because is contains the antibodies to the B antigens. Neither Solution A or B will cause blood genotype OO the clot because their are no A or B (See Table 1).


 * Table 1. Blood clotting with solutions**
 * = Solution ||= Will Clot if the Genotype is: ||= Will not Clot if the Genotype is: ||
 * = A ||= AA, AO, AB ||= OO ||
 * = B ||= BB, BO, AB ||= OO ||

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Your group will be given some "blood"**.** You should test it by adding a drop of each solution to it. Your instructor will demonstrate this. When you finish, complete the following collaborative spreadsheet. =====

Spreadsheet with group data (refresh as data comes in): [|https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AomCfQG1ZlVidHNSSXVjenpyRmZ1SnhnYVBpZVZCemc&hl=en]

If you finish and others are still working: - [] A game of sorts