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Explain why a person of blood group O is called a universal donor.
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Answer
The red cells of group O carry neither the A nor the B antigen, so they are not agglutinated by the anti-A or anti-B antibodies present in the plasma of a recipient of any group.
No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.
Explanation
In practice only packed O-negative red cells are given, because group O plasma does contain both antibodies.
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