The Carolina Frequency of Synthetic Blood Types Kit includes: Synthetic anti-A Serum Synthetic Anti-B serum Synthetic anti-Rh serum synthetic blood blood typing slides mixing sticks instructions

Carolina™ Synthetic Blood - Blood Typing Without Biohazards Safe for classroom use No risk of transmitting blood-borne disease Realistic blood-typing results Can be easily and safely discarded Now that your students can get realistic blood-typing results without using lancets and drawing blood. That means no concerns about blood-borne disease transmission. Students follow thesame procedures used in actual blood typing. Synthetic blood also can be stored at room temperature, so you can use it whenever you need it. When you're done, the synthetic product can be easliy and safely discarded because it poses no health hazards. Our synthetic blood has several advantages over the suppliers' products, which usually depend on chemical reactions producing insoluble salts that precipitate from solution. These products do not give visually realistic results. In actual blood typing, red blood cells form clumps (the agglutination reaction) that separate from the blood plasma. Whe nmixed with the appropriate synthetic antiserum, Carolia's synthetic blood forms clumps in the same way, for a realistic blood-typing result. It's the closest to authentic blood typing that you can get without using real blood.

The frequencies and distributions of blood groups have been studied for many human populations. Such studies give important clues to the movements of prehistoric and early historic peoples. Students play the role of a research team that is studying the blood-type frequencies of a population on an isolated island. Students try to determine if the natives are related to the people on nearby islands. Does the islanders' mythology hold clues to their history? The simulated agglutination reactions are extremely realistic.

Kit contains no blood, blood products, or materials of biological origin, so there is no danger of disease transmission. Refill contains synthetic blood and antisera replacements.