Report on the blood grouping systems, new blood tests, and their application

Abstract

Scope of Report: Facts concerning blood tests, recent findings in this branch of biological science, and their many different applications has not been and is not now common knowledge to the average person. Many teachers of biology and general science suffer a deficit of knowledge in this technical area of science. Since many recent discoveries have been made in blood research, most biology text books that have not been published in the last few years are outdated in this respect. The purpose of this report is to present an overall picture of the background in this area of science, the knowledge available at this time, and the many new applications of the various tests to crime, identity establishment and disputed paternity. Also included in this report is a procedure for typing blood that could be used in a high school biology laboratory with a minimum amount of equipment. This report is not intended to be a technical medical report but rather a general overall report that can be easily understood by any person with a reasonable amount of scientific knowledge.