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Aniblaze Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:34 pm Post subject: Talking about donating organs |
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| Are there any semi-medical people here who could tell me if my organs might have a higher success rate of being accepted by the new body, due to my blood type (O-)? I have no idea if there is any correlation between the two, but I'd like to know. Reason I'm asking is because I've been curious about this for a while, but now that I'm going to Thailand I'm in doubt about whether or not I should take my donor card with me in case something happens. On the other hand I don't want to be a prominent target for organ harvesting.
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Up2Admin I'm a spammer
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Organs should be harvested from death row inmates.
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Aniblaze Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Up2Admin wrote: | | Organs should be harvested from death row inmates. |
Yes but my blood type is virtually non-existent in Asia, so I feel I should be weary if what I described earlier is the case.
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Channel GannoK pffrt
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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brb going to thailand
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Lamer17 How do I cheat?
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| GannoK wrote: | | brb going to thailand |
got back from thailand on monday
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Xanatos I post too much
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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I'd assume it would reduce the variety of immunosupressors required for the recipient, although I haven't bothered to do any proper research.
This is on the assumption that multiple immunosupressors are required to supress a response to each antigen.
E.g. those antigens in your blood would not be a problem, because O- has no antigens, while those antigens that make up the HLA complex will still be a problem.
All in all, your blood type would make you a target for harvesting blood alone, if people even do that.
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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"organ size and condition, blood type and tissue type"
http://www.transplantliving.org/community/patient-resources/frequently-asked-questions/#match
Having the blood type of O- would definitely be beneficial in finding matches since the blood type of the recipient wouldn't have to be taken into consideration, but it, alone, would not make you the #1 target for organ feasting, as you can see from the heavily varying factors underlined above.
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Talix needs a liver
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| Up2Admin wrote: | | Organs should be harvested from death row inmates. | sadlu lethal injection makes it impossible to recover any organs. I miss the old fireing squad days.
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Aniblaze Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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| Snugslack wrote: | | Talix needs a liver |
He can have a piece of mine if it's a match. I'm a registered donor.
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| AverageAzn247 wrote: | | Up2Admin wrote: | | Organs should be harvested from death row inmates. | sadlu lethal injection makes it impossible to recover any organs. I miss the old fireing squad days. |
i was under the impression they still used firing squad
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