• Question: What would happen if someone drank blood that was a different blood type to theirs?

    Asked by jessiburt to Kat, Andrew, Katie, Sadaf on 19 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by dofateenscientist.
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      Andrew Swale answered on 19 Jun 2013:

      As with a blood transfusion, I assume the body’s immune system would recognise the differing ‘antigens’ on the blood cells and thereby attack them, causing downstream complications

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