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Does blood type have anything to do with marrow or stem cell type?

April 26, 2017blood CELL marrow stem type

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Does blood type have anything to do with marrow or stem cell type?

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No, a person’s blood type (a typing of the red blood cells) does not have any bearing on a person’s HLA, or tissue type (a typing of the white blood cells and tissue cells.) In fact, the only way a person’s blood type can change is to receive a stem cell transplant.