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Centenaire de la découverte des groupes sanguins

100th Anniversary of the Discovery of Human Blood Types

On March 23, 1901 Karl Landsteiner published his 17th paper entitled "Agglutination Properties of Normal Human Blood". In 1900 he illustrated the notion that the interagglutination of human blood samples constitutes an innate property of human blood in a scientific journal. Landsteiner studied the chemistry between red blood cells and blood serum and discovered that antibodies are usually present in human serum which agglutinate the blood cells of other humans. He determined this to be a distinct property of human blood. Landsteiner had thereby discovered the major human blood types. With his discovery he laid the foundation for modern-day blood transfusions. In 1930 Karl Landsteiner received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the major human blood types and their role in blood transfusions. Together with Alexander Wiener he discovered the Rhesus factor in 1940. Today, more than 75 blood type classifications and over 500 factors have been identified.

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