ABO blood group system

ABO blood group system

The ABO blood group system is the most important blood type system (or blood group system) in human blood transfusion. It is widely credited to have been discovered by the Austrian scientist Karl Landsteiner, who found three different blood types in 1900 and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1930 for his work. For his pioneering work, he is recognised as the father of transfusion medicine and save people to from destruction of red blood cells.

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Source: ABO blood group system. (2012, October 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, November 20, 2012, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABO_blood_group_system

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First photo - Karl Landsteiner. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1930 was awarded to Karl Landsteiner "for his discovery of human blood groups". Medium: Photograph.

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