Karl Landsteiner blood group A nor of blood group B. Therefore, the immune systems of persons with blood group A, B or AB do not refuse the donation. Further, because persons with blood group AB do not form antibodies against either the antigens of blood group A or B, they can accept blood from persons with these blood groups, besides from persons with blood group O-negative. In today's blood transfusions only concentrates of red blood cells without serum are transmitted, which is of great importance in surgical practice. In 1930 Landsteiner was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition
John Landsteiner is married. John Landsteiner John Landsteiner (born May 19, 1990) is an American curler. He competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics and won gold as part of John Shuster's rink in the 2018 Winter Olympics. His hometown is Mapleton, Minnesota and he currently resides in Duluth, Minnesota. At the 2013 United States Olympic Curling Trials, Landsteiner was part of the first-placed team. At the qualification event for the 2014 Winter Olympics Landsteiner's team won the second qualifier 8–5 over the Czech Republic to take the final 2014 Olympic qualification spot. Landsteiner currently works as a corrosion engineer for Lake Superior