To help low-income individuals and families bridge the gaps between crisis and stability and improve quality of life in Boone County.
Blood Group Types Explained. 1  Your blood group will be A, B, AB, or O. If you have A B or O blood group, you have antibodies in your blood plasma that destroy some of the other blood groups. 2  Your Rh status will be listed as negative (-) or positive (+).
Our blood types are determined by heredity. People belong to either of eight different blood types: A Rh+, A Rh-, B Rh+, B Rh-, AB RH+, AB Rh-, 0 Rh+, or 0 Rh- . The eight blood types have different combinations of certain molecules, antigens, on the surface of the red blood cells. The A and B antigens are sugars and the Rh antigens are proteins. The antigens expressed in the red blood cells determine an individual's blood type. Also the combination of some other molecules floating around in the blood plasma differs between the eight blood types, the so called antibodies.