Karl Landsteiner

High school (ages 12+)
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1. When was Karl Landsteiner born?June 14, 1868
2. Where was Karl Landsteiner born?Vienna, Austria
3. What did Karl Landsteiner discover about blood?He identified the main human blood groups—A, B, AB, and O—in 1901, showing that people’s blood can be different.
4. How did Landsteiner make blood transfusions safer?By mixing blood from different people, he saw that clumping happens when the blood types don’t match, so doctors now match blood types before transfusing.

Immunology: The branch of medicine and biology concerned with the body's immune system and its responses to foreign substances.
Agglutination: The clumping together of cells, such as red blood cells, caused by the interaction of antigens and antibodies.
Antigen: A molecule on the surface of a cell that can trigger an immune response.
Antibody: A protein produced by the immune system in response to the presence of a specific antigen.