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| PH00000085 |  | A/B/O/AB BLOOD TYPE KIT
FAST, ACCURATE, ECONOMICAL
Single use test
This is an easy-to-use home test complete with everything you need to type one person. We even supply the alcohol swab. All you have to do is supply the blood! Will determine both ABO and Rhesus type. Each test kit will type one person. FDA-approved for educational use. Results can be read within 2 minutes.
NOTE: The test is not for medical use, such as the determination of transfusion.
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| PH00000086 |  | MN SUBGROUP KIT
When the MN system was first discovered it appeared rather uninteresting. It was of virtually no medical importance, and the frequencies of the M and N genes were closely similar, each near 50 per cent, in most populations available for testing. Only the American Indians, with much more M than N, relieved this uniformity. Around 28% of the population type out as MM, 22% as NN and 50% as MN.
It appears that the MN system may play a role in breast cancer. There is also a potential role for the MN System in cardiovascular disease.
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| PH00000087 |  | LEWIS GROUP BLOOD KIT
In a simplified sense, a Secretor is defined as a person who secretes their blood type antigens into body fluids and secretions like the saliva in your mouth, the mucus in your digestive tract and respiratory cavities, etc. Basically what this means is that a secretor puts their blood type into these body fluids. A Non-secretor on the other hand puts little to none of their blood type into these same fluids. As a general rule, in the U.S. about 20% of the population are Non-secretors (with the remaining 80% being Secretors).
With respect to the ABO blood types, it is very difficult to state that one type is more advantageous than another. Each blood type has its own strengths and characteristic weaknesses. However, this does not appear to be the case with the Secretor gene. As a generality, being a Non-secretor (based on all of the available information) does actually appear to be a potential health disadvantage. At a very basic level, being able to secrete blood type into your saliva, mucus, etc. allows for an added degree of protection against the environment, particularly with respect to microorganisms and lectins.
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| PH00000088 |  | TYPE A SUBGROUP KIT
Considerable numbers of variants of the A antigen are known, most of which are rare; the B antigen is less variable but several rare variants are known. The most important distinction is between A, the commonest antigen, and A2 which has a frequency of several per cent in most European, African, and West Asiatic populations.
As group A2 is intermediate in several of its properties between A1 and O, it would be of great interest to know whether this applies to its associations with disease, but unfortunately very few investigators of associations have determined the sub-groups of A in their patients.
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| PH00000089 |  | SECRETOR KIT
A person can be either a secretor or a non-secretor. This is completely independent of whether your blood type is A, B, AB or O. In a simplified sense, a secretor is defined as a person who secretes their blood type antigens into body fluids and secretions like the saliva in your mouth, the mucus in your digestive tract and respiratory cavities, etc. A non-secretor on the other hand puts little to none of their blood type into these same fluids. Many metabolic traits, such as carbohydrate intolerance, and immune susceptibilities are linked genetically to secretor subtype.
With respect to the ABO blood types, it is very difficult to state that one type is more advantageous than another. Each blood type has its own strengths and characteristic weaknesses. However, this does not appear to be the case with the Secretor gene. As a generality, being a Non-secretor (based on all of the available information) does actually appear to be a potential health disadvantage. At a very basic level, being able to secrete blood type into your saliva, mucus, etc. allows for an added degree of protection against the environment, particularly with respect to microorganisms and lectins.
An additional advantage of being a Secretor might be a generalized tendency to promote a stabilized, blood-type friendly intestinal bacterial ecosystem. Many of the friendly (probiotic) bacteria in your digestive system actually use your blood type as one of their preferential foods. Since Secretors have a steady supply of blood type in the mucus that lines the digestive tract, their bacteria have a much more constant food supply.
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| PH00000090 |  | OXYSTRESS FREE RADICAL KIT
The OxyStress test allows you to determine the amount of stress on the body caused by free radical activity. People of all blood types can benefit from knowing if they are getting enough anti-oxidants in their diets and nutritional supplements to prevent free radical damage to their cells. Results are immediate. Includes informational insert.
Excessive amounts of free radical activity in the body can disrupt the orderly activity of many important biochemical reactions in our cells which can accelerate aging or enhance our susceptibility to disease.
Free radicals are highly reactive molecules. Because of their electron configuration (they are missing at least one electron), these molecules are unstable, and in effect, are in search of other substances from which they can literally steal an electron. Before you jump to the wrong conclusions and assume free radicals are bad (they are not necessarily) it is important to realize that your body actually depends of free radicals for some of its critical activities. As mentioned, it is more a question of balance and your body has many redundant methods for establishing an appropriate balance of free radical activity.
Substances that fuel your bodyand#039;s capability of keeping free radical activity in check are called antioxidants.
A key element of health is the relative balance in your free radical (attacking forces) activity and your antioxidant (defending forces) capability. When these forces become unbalanced and free radical troops outnumber your antioxidant forces, health invariably suffers. Currently over 100 conditions have been identified that have associations with excessive free radical activity. In effect, the chronic and cumulative assault by excessive free radical troops, when antioxidant defences are sub-optimal leads to degeneration and dysfunction.
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| PH00000091 |  | GENOTYPING KIT
Order this Kit to find out your GenoType if you already know your Blood Type (Blood Typing Kit NOT included). | 0 |