XingHa Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 To cut it short, does this D Antigen from RH+ human also present in Rhesus Monkey? OR Rhesus Factor is just a naming derived from Rhesus monkey because of its involvement in the research/experiment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvanF Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 To cut it short, does this D Antigen from RH+ human also present in Rhesus Monkey? OR Rhesus Factor is just a naming derived from Rhesus monkey because of its involvement in the research/experiment? Well yes...That's why they call it RH (RHesus) positive, because the specific person has the antigen in common with a Rhesus monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) Well yes...That's why they call it RH (RHesus) positive, because the specific person has the antigen in common with a Rhesus monkey. Nope, it is a name for the classification system that was discovered in rhesus monkeys. The protein involved (RhD) may have some cross-immunity (I am not sure about that) but it is not identical. Edited December 28, 2016 by CharonY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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