Okay, nobody has asked a question for a while, and so I'll ask a two part question.

What is the latest described Kell antigen, and what has is got to do with seaweed?

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Okay, nobody has asked a question for a while, and so I'll ask a two part question.

What is the latest described Kell antigen, and what has is got to do with seaweed?

:devilish::devilish:

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I am slain!! I’m aware of no new Kell system antigens after KUCI, KANT, and KASH. I resorted to some googly-ness (is this cheating?!?!) and all I found was an interesting if a bit odd paper detailing the use of immunocytochemistries to elucidate the synthesis and distribution of l- and k- carrageenans in seaweeds. The authors called their anti-k-carrageenan ab “anti-K.”

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this question after bombing my Donor Center Operations exam. oy.

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:surrender:surrender:surrender:surrender:surrender

i will now spend the rest of the day contemplating running away and becoming a librarian.

Edited September 25, 201014 yr by BrianD

Yes, it is a bit of an evil question (hence the devil smilies at the end).

I'm just finishing an on-call duty, then I've got to cook breakfast for the family, wash-up and go to the supermarket for the weekly shop - and then I'll put you out of your misery!!!!!!!!!!

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Right then, the answer is K35, and its trivial name is KELP (hence the comment about seaweed - sorry, my warped sense of humour)!

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The latest Cromer antigen has the trivial name CROZ.

Why?????????

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LOL, devilish question aside, i don't think you'll be called "The Tooting Meadow Torquemada" anytime soon. This is a good one tho'. i'm thinking i might use this question on my assessment test for the new clinical students......a well constructed test MUST have a question that only 1 in 100 students would have a chance of answering. heh heh. tho' if my last crop of them are any indication this question will fall into the 1 in 10,000 interval.

Right then, the answer is K35, and its trivial name is KELP (hence the comment about seaweed - sorry, my warped sense of humour)!

:bow::bow:

The latest Cromer antigen has the trivial name CROZ.

Why?????????

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prolly because ZENA and CRAM were already taken LOL

Like it, but incorrect I'm afraid!!!!!!!!!!!!

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'tis a pity, that. LOL i think blood group serologists want to have as much fun naming things as the fruit fly geneticists did naming the genes they were studying : teashirt, tinman( embryos lack a heart), dreadlocks, cheapdate, lush,Van Gogh (wings have swirly hair patterns), grim reaper, Cleopatra (mutant protein interacts with a protein called Asp and the interaction is lethal), Hamlet(controls the development of the IIb cells in the embryo), gypsy, decapentaplegic, mothers-against-decapentaplegic, daughters-against-decapentaplegic, frizzled, frazzled, Seven-less, Bride-of-Sevenless. it goes on and on. unfortunately, similar mutations have been found in in humans and are associated with awful diseases.

You are going along the right lines with the fact that the people who named this have a sense of humour.

You are going along the right lines with the fact that the people who named this have a sense of humour.

i think a sense of humor is vital and think an addition that would benefit any clinical training curriculum is something geared toward the development of good humor. i loved how my nurse was baffled when i was checked in for radiation therapy and when completing the questionnaire, my response to "why are you here, today?" was "my hedgehog has gone wonky."

i think a sense of humor is vital and think an addition that would benefit any clinical training curriculum is something geared toward the development of good humor. i loved how my nurse was baffled when i was checked in for radiation therapy and when completing the questionnaire, my response to "why are you here, today?" was "my hedgehog has gone wonky."

LOVE IT!

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prolly because ZENA and CRAM were already taken LOL

Or maybe because Dorothy discovered CR--OZ in the Flying Rhesus Monkeys, on her way to "OZ" as she followed the Yellow Brick Road ???

Ummm, not quite LizaM!

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Yes, it is a bit of an evil question (hence the devil smilies at the end).

I'm just finishing an on-call duty, then I've got to cook breakfast for the family, wash-up and go to the supermarket for the weekly shop - and then I'll put you out of your misery!!!!!!!!!!

:giggle::giggle::giggle:

What! You have to do all that?! Goodness.

What! You have to do all that?! Goodness.

A modern man (or whatever the phrase is) - or, to put it another way, thoroughly hen-pecked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"hen-pecked??" is that the 'politically-correct' phrase the kids are using these days?? LOL

here's an easy-peasy question to keep the ball rolling:

what is the reason the HLA haplotype: A1,B8,DRB1*0301 is believed to be resistant to recombination AND which blood group antigen cannot be expressed from this particular haplotype.

I believe the PC word for 'hen-pecked' is metrosexual. What do you think Malcolm?

I'm told the PC term for hen-pecked is "Well advanced in the training program".

But nevertheless a training programme that will never end...!

Hey, this is "cowardice in the face of my wife" we're talking about.

Be gentle with me!!!!!!!!!!!

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But nevertheless a training programme that will never end...!

One never graduates.

Hey, this is "cowardice in the face of my wife" we're talking about.

Be gentle with me!!!!!!!!!!!

:surrender:surrender:surrender:surrender:surrender

Malcolm, you must know by now there's two ways to do anything: your wife's way and the wrong way.

Malcolm, you must know by now there's two ways to do anything: your wife's way and the wrong way.

Many a true word...................

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here's an easy-peasy question to keep the ball rolling:

what is the reason the HLA haplotype: A1,B8,DRB1*0301 is believed to be resistant to recombination AND which blood group antigen cannot be expressed from this particular haplotype.

So easy-peasy that I haven't got a clue!!!!!!!!

I presume that it has something to do with Ch/Rg as the HLA genes are on Chromosome 6, but that is all I can say?

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By the way, CROZ was so-called because the propositus came from Australia!

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