{"id":22662,"date":"2024-11-22T23:07:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T23:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=22662"},"modified":"2024-11-22T23:08:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T23:08:27","slug":"is-it-true-that-rh-blood-cannot-be-cloned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/is-it-true-that-rh-blood-cannot-be-cloned\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it true that &#8220;Rh- blood cannot be cloned&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Is it true that &quot;Rh- blood cannot be cloned&quot;?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p>First of all:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t clone blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You clone nucleic acid segments or genes or possibly the expression of proteins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that&#8217;s beside the point (I&#8217;m sure that whoever came up with the claim knew that).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HOWEVER<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gJfUo4DIXE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/molecular-cloning-of-rhd-cdna-derived-from-a-gene-present-in-rhd-positive-but-not-rhd-negative-individuals\/\">Molecular Cloning of RhD cDNA Derived From a Gene Present in RhD-Positive, But Not RhD-Negative Individuals<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Molecular Cloning of RhD cDNA Derived From a Gene Present in RhD-Positive, But Not RhD-Negative Individuals&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/molecular-cloning-of-rhd-cdna-derived-from-a-gene-present-in-rhd-positive-but-not-rhd-negative-individuals\/embed\/#?secret=474TNs9CJi#?secret=gJfUo4DIXE\" data-secret=\"gJfUo4DIXE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This might be the study which the claim was based on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The mRNA transcript for Rh13 was present in reticulocytes from RhD-positive individuals, but was absent from the reticulocytes of RhD-negative individuals. Using conventional screening of genomic libraries, as well as PCR cloning, partial genomic clones for these two Rh cDNAs were obtained. Based on PCR analysis and Southern blots, the Rh21 gene was present in all individuals, but an intact Rh13 gene was only present in RhD-positive and not RhD-negative individuals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details, use the search function on this blog (don&#8217;t worry: I won&#8217;t bore you with it in this post).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/anne-heche-crash7-1281294437636845719572810.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Is it true that &quot;Rh- blood cannot be cloned&quot;?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Is it true that &quot;Rh- blood cannot be cloned&quot;?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>First of all: You don&#8217;t clone blood. You clone nucleic acid segments or genes or possibly the expression of proteins. But that&#8217;s beside the point (I&#8217;m sure that whoever came up with the claim knew that). HOWEVER: This might be the study which the claim was based on: The mRNA transcript for Rh13 was present in reticulocytes from RhD-positive individuals, but was absent from the reticulocytes of RhD-negative individuals. Using conventional screening of genomic libraries, as well as PCR cloning, partial genomic clones for these two Rh cDNAs were obtained. Based on PCR analysis and Southern blots, the Rh21 gene was present in all individuals, but an intact Rh13 gene was only present in RhD-positive and not RhD-negative individuals. 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