How did the discovery of the rhesus factor affect society? A. More patients died from having a transfusion with the wrong rhesus factor. B. New treatments during pregnancy could prevent harm to the developing child. C. Less donated blood could be used in the treatment of patients. D. The number of blood types was reduced by half.

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31 July, 11:17

How did the discovery of the rhesus factor affect society? A. More patients died from having a transfusion with the wrong rhesus factor. B. New treatments during pregnancy could prevent harm to the developing child. C. Less donated blood could be used in the treatment of patients. D. The number of blood types was reduced by half.

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Keenan · Answer 1

Rhesus (Rh) factor is an inherited protein found on the surface of red blood cells. The Rh factor can cause problems if you are Rh negative and your fetus is Rh positive. The sentence that is associated here is B. New treatmentsduring pregnancy could prevent harm to the developing child.