Life of a Red Blood Cell (RBC)

Life of a RBC

The RBC lifetime is about 120 days The life cycle of a Red Blood Cell. a) Kidneys respond to a lower than normal oxygen concentration in the blood by releasing the hormone erythropoietin.  b) Erythropoietin travels to the red bone marrow and stimulates an increase in … Continue reading 

Possible ABO Genotypes

5bloodtypes

Group A and B Subgroups The serum of group B persons contains two antibodies: anti A and anti A1. By proper absorption, the two antibodies can be separated. Cells of group A that react with anti A1 are part of the … Continue reading 

Bombay Blood Types as O

Bombay Blood

  The ONLY True Universal Blood Donor  ~ ~ ~ FACTS ABOUT BOMBAY BLOOD:  1. This type is commonly mistaken as type O 2.  It can be Rh positive (Rh+) or  Rh negative (Rh-) 3.  It is lacking the H antigen that we all have 4. ONLY 179 people in India have this type … Continue reading 

The Human Genome

DNA

The human genome is the complete list of coded instructions needed to make a human. ~ There are 4 types of nucleotide base: A- adenine, T- thymine, C- cytosine, G- guanine. ~ The total number of human genes is estimated … Continue reading 

We Share The Same Language Gene As Neanderthal…FOXP2

Neanderthal & CroMagnon

The Neanderthal Genome Project ~ DNA sequencing is an extremely important tool in the fields of Genetics and Molecular Biology. This article explains the complicated process quite well. ~ The Human Genome sequence was finished in 2001. That is 3,000,000,000 bits of information were decoded … Continue reading