will a t cell transfusion work if the person have different blood types?
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T cells are one of the variety of white blood cells which are part of the immune system. The immune system as a whole learns very early to distinguish between 'self' and 'non-self' sorts of things. The test is largely like this: "is this thing I see something acceptable (ie, self)? If not, kill it." Although the question is posed and answered in a biochemical sort of way. Self is flagged, most fundamentally as near as we can tell, by the presence of Human Leucocyte Antigens (HLA) on the surface of cells. These are highly variable things, so variable that no other person anywhere is more than a tiny bit likely to have the same bunch of them on their cells. Except, of course, for identical twins. \n\nSo T-cells transplanted into you from someone else with fail the 'is this self?' test and will be attacked as 'foreign' by your immune system. They will not survive and will provide very little beneficial effect. It's called the transplant reaction and various aspects of it have earned several Nobel Prizes. \n\nMore speculatively, it may be that immune system tissues have learned to work together, and that, in each person, the exact details of just how to do so may vary. So how my T-cells work might be just enough different than yours that, even if they could survive inside you, they might not be able to interact with the rest of your immune system so as to help much. For instance, one of the things T-cells do is to talk to other immune system cells and direct their operations; if your immune system won't listen to my T-cells, much of what they'd be trying to do would be futile.  \n\nThere is quite a bit more to learn about the detailed workings of the immune system.\n\nBlood type differences (Types A, B, O are the major gropus, but there are many subgroups such as Rh (+/-), S, ...) are a simpler version of this self / non-self business, this time involving rather fewer genes and markers on blood cells. Nevertheless, there are some antibodies (yet another immune system mechanism) which use them to recognize self v non-self, and a transfusion of the wrong blood type will cause a very severe reaction, so severe as to be life-threatening.
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Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. Blood transfusions may treat medical conditions, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, surgery, shock and where the red cell producing mechanism (or some other normal and essential component) fails
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The blood types are A, B, AB, and O. Additionally, you can either be Rh+ or Rh-\n\nso in total the blood type possibilities are\nA+\nA-\nB+\nB-\nAB+\nAB-\nO+\nO-\n\nhope that helps.  If you are looking for the genetics codes thats different....be a little more specific in that case...
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Helper T, I beleive.  Of course new research states that it can move from attacking one type of T-cell to another.
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Well, there are lists for all the different blood types, organ sizes.  Once your blood type and organ size is determined, they put you on the list.  In some rare instances, they can put you on the top of the list if you really need the transplant.
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Actually, I would need just a little bit more information.  Often when a doctor talks about low blood, it usualy means red blood cells but some of what you have posted also seems to indicate a low white cell count as well.\nIf the red count is the problem, a transfusion of packed red cells would, if the count is low enough, bring levels up quickly.  Iron supplements or an iron rich diet would help bring the red count up or help keep it up after transfusion if it is necessary.\nIf the white count is also low, things get a little more complicated.  A whole blood transfusion could be done, but units of whole blood would probably have to be specially collected from someone giving blood directly to the patient.  Most blood centers do not keep whole blood any more, they divide a unit into packed red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, platelets and sometimes up to two other fractions so as to help as many people as possible from each unit of blood.  If a whole blood transfusion doesn't solve the problem, a bone marrow transplant may be the last choice.\nFirst thing to do is to find out just what the problem is, low blood count is a symptom not a disease in itself, something else is  causing this, you need to know what that is.  At first guess, I would suggest seeing a Hematologist, this is a doctor specializing in blood and dlood diseases.
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Believe it or not, the children could have any type of blood, as long as it is positive. (A+, B+, AB+, O+)\n\nThere's a blood typing calculator on the following site:\n\nhttp://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/blood_types/inherited.html
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4 out my 5 sons have their dad's blood type while only one has mine. It really doezsn't matter though......\nWiserangel is nuts. A child HAS to have the blood type of one or the other parent. Can't just have one made up..........
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blood transfusion is the means by which blood is given to a patient in need of whole blood or some components of blood.\nit can be autologous or homologous. in homologous transfusion, a duely cross-matched blood or its products is taken from a compatible donor and tranfused to a recipent. but in autologous transfusion, the blood is taken from the patient for future use or by salvage technique for emergency use .
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Blood is composed of red blood cells and plasma.  Red blood cells are responsible for carying oxygen.  They don't have a nucleus, and thus, no DNA, and also do not have mitochondria, so no mitochondrial DNA, either.  So, no DNA, no problem.\n\nBlood typing is based on the presence of A and B protiens on the surface of the red blood cell, and the Rh factor (another protien).  AB+ people can accept all blood types, while O- people can donate to any blood type (making their blood highly valuable to blood banks.) Blood type B is by far the most common in world demographics. \n\nPeople are matched on blood type for both blood transfusions and organ transplants.  Plus, for organ transplants they also look at the donor/recipeint histocompatability, which is basically the antigens the bodies of the people involved produce.  Foreign antigens trigger the body's immune response, so finding people with the same antigens helps avoid rejection, as well as drug treatments.\n\nIn short, no matter what you add to your body from another person, the DNA is never "changed".  The human genome is far too complex to be able to simply assimilate (while this is a very common means of mutating in bacteria called transformation).
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Yes, plus you have to match other specific antigens as well, or the organ will be more likely to be rejected.
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http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/blood/types.cfm\n this explains both questions. at the bottom of the page there is a link to "what is a blood transfusion" it tells you how it works too.
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I believe it is a personal choice, I give blood as i am B positive, I am also on the bone marrow transplant reg, i have left my innards to ever who wants them,  Over the years I have donated over 50 pints of blood.\nYour question is very deep, peoples beliefs are precious to them, think of all the people that want to donate, blood and organs can not because of health issues and religion.\n Two questions for you do you give Blood/plasma are you on the donor register,\nAs my friend can not give blood anymore every other pint i donate i do it for her.
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Won't work--but not for the reasons most of the other people think.\n\nImmune rejection should not be a problem--after all normal babies are immunogenically different from their mothers and they aren't attacked by her immune system.  While antibodies can cross the placental barrier, antigen presenting cells can't.  In order for the body to mount a specific immune response, an antigen presenting cell has to encounter the foreign antigen first.  As long as the implantation process is done right, that should never happen.\n\nThe real reason it would fail is that in utero development depends on more than just oxygen and glucose (otherwise we could grow babies in jars).  The mother produces hormones that influence the baby's development on a strict timeline.  Different species have different gestational requirements.  Closely related species might be able to bring a baby to full term, but it would probably be developmentally "challenged."
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The most interesting question of the day, so I had to do some research. While I thought it was impossible because of the antigens present in blood types, this article seems to indicate that it can be done. That sure will relieve blood supply issues.
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In the UK if your taking insulin, then you will not be able to give blood. This restriction is because concern about the health of the blood donors, \n\nIn the US To give blood for transfusion to another person, you must be healthy, be at least 17 years old or 16 years old if allowed by state law, weigh at least 110 pounds, and not have donated blood in the last 8 weeks (56 days). "Healthy" means that you feel well and can perform normal activities. If you have a chronic condition such as diabetes or high blood pressure, "healthy" also means that you are being treated and the condition is under control. \n\nInsulin\nThose who since 1980, received an injection of bovine (beef) insulin made from cattle from the United Kingdom are not eligible to donate. This requirement is related to concerns about variant CJD, or 'mad cow' disease. Learn more about variant CJD and blood donation.
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In the ABO blood type system, each person has 2 blood type alleles, one from each parent. The alleles can be A, B, or O. Which 2 alleles you have determines which blood type you will be: AA or AO is blood type A; BB or BO is blood type B; OO is blood type O; AB is blood type AB.\n\nThe +/- system is called the Rhesus factor and works in a similar way. There are 2 alleles: Rh+ (+ for short) or Rh- (- for short). A person with 2 copies of Rh+ (++) or only 1 copy (+-) will be +. A person with no Rh+ (--) will be -. \n\nTo answer your final question, a person who is O+ must have the alleles OO++ or OO+-. A person who is A+ can be AA++, AO++, AA+-, or AO+-. They can certainly share the same mother and father. One example is that the mother can be AO++ and the father is AO+-.