when you give blood to someone does the dna that you have get transferred into theirs.. what i mean is like do they have your DNA or do they convert it somehow?
2006-07-10 14:42:57 · 17 answers · asked by skinnyminnie 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
and to meg .. you dont count you cant answer you jerk
2006-07-10 15:05:08 · update #1
A whole lot of misinformation in the answers here so far. When donating blood, it is separated into several fractions, basically red blood cells, platelets and plasma. Plasma can be further separated into a number of different proteins for various treatments. The most commonly transfused component is packed red blood cells. Red cells are separated from the total donor sample by centrifugation and the unit is low in plasma and very low in white blood cells. Before current technology in packed red cells, white blood cells in the unit caused most transfusion reactions. These types of reactions were generally allergic type reactions and easily dealt with. White blood cells in units of RBC's can be further reduced by irradiation or filtration. Filters are available that fit onto the IV line from the unit to the patient that will filter out white blood cells, a really simple process because white cells are so much larger than red.
Plasma is the liquid portion of blood and carries many proteins and other substances. The most common use for plasma is to replace clotting factors. As stated earlier, plasma can also be further fractionated into individual proteins. I take one called Alpha - 1 - Antitrypsin to replace the protein that I am not able to make for myself. Factor VIII is another one used to treat haemophilia.
Platelets are given to patients with extremely low platelet counts. Donor platelets don't live very long and are a temporary measure till the problem of reduced platelets can identified and corrected.
Some donor DNA may cross to the recipient in a transfusion but one, the amount is so small there will be no effect and two, blood cells don't live all that long anyway and when they die the DNA goes with them.
2006-07-11 02:44:18 · answer #1 · answered by tom5551 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RBC's are enucleated, which means they have no nucleus, thus no DNA either. Leukocytes (WBC's) have a nucleus and DNA, but are in trace amounts. As they die off in the recpient, they are quickly replaced by the recpient's immune system. Blood transfusions aren't filtered for anything, so I don't know why people are saying blood is mostly RBC's. As a matter of fact, it's mostly plasma. Second of all, how the hell would you filter RBC's from WBC's without destroying the sample, and don't say centrifugation because then you won't be able to isolate the sample?
People have no clue what they're talking about anymore. I have seen it all now!
2006-07-10 14:46:58 · answer #2 · answered by FIONEX 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No your blood is only temperary untill that person can regenerate enough blood of their own. I am guessing the patient's body will end up killing your blood after a while... anyway its impossible to change someones DNA on a large scale. (like changeing every cell in their body to a new DNA)
2006-07-10 14:47:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It turns out red blood cells have no nucleus and thus carry no DNA. So it seems that your DNA is not carried along into someone else.
2006-07-10 14:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by Vaughn H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. because of the fact everybody who has ever performed venipuncture on me is going, "the place the f*ck are your veins." My veins are narrow and don't likely flow in a as we talk line all that plenty. I even have had anesthesiologists tell me they might not go with to be those putting an IV in me. I don' t comprehend what my blood type is. i'm particular the scientific institution is acquainted with from the final trip I had to the ER.
2016-12-14 06:29:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well actually reb blood cells do not have a nucleus and no DNA, and most blood tranfusions are of red blood cells.
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2006-07-10 14:52:15 · answer #6 · answered by seasonsoflove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DNA is passed through birth, not blood. They will not begin to look or act like you. They will not have your traits unless they had them originally.
2006-07-10 14:47:19 · answer #7 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the blood is still being produced by your marrow. One pint of blood doesn't replace the other blood.
2006-07-10 14:45:55 · answer #8 · answered by Wanna-be-Dear-Abby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.. their dna is already imbedded in them..... your blood.... just provides them with VOLUME... in their cardiovascular system....blood has rbcs...that carry oxygen throughout the body, and wbcs that fight infection...and if the body has too little blood they might go into hypovolemic shock
2006-07-10 14:46:34 · answer #9 · answered by mz.Tiza 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they mostly just give the people the platlets or blood cells or something. technically, they are not really getting your blood.
2006-07-10 14:46:59 · answer #10 · answered by meatball822 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋