Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. human red blood cells under microscope with two white blood cells When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, ...

A decades-long search to identify a mysterious blood antigen has led researchers to a hidden genetic difference found in a tiny number of people.

Most people know about blood group ABO, with its positives and negatives, but they aren’t the only types. Now, scientists from the University of Bristol and NHS Blood & Transplant have discovered a ...

The discovery of a new blood group, MAL, has solved a 50-year-old mystery. Researchers from NHS Blood and Transplant (Bristol), NHSBT's International Blood Group Reference Laboratory (IBGRL) and the ...

There are numerous critical reasons scientists group blood types the way they do today, but the main reason is to allow for safe blood transfusions. As we all know, hospitals require most patients to ...

Like most of these blood-group systems, it was discovered in a hospital lab where technicians were trying to find compatible blood for a patient. The name reflects the case's Caribbean roots: Gwada is ...

You are probably aware of the two main blood group systems: the AB system and the rhesus system. Under the AB system, there are four main blood types A, B, AB and O. And each of these four types can ...

A blood group is defined as the entire blood group system that is made up of red blood cell (RBC) antigens. Taken together, the specificity of RBC antigens is controlled by a series of either allelic ...

A pregnant woman's blood sample taken in 1972 was mysteriously missing a surface molecule found on all other known red blood cells at the time. More than 50 years later, that strange absence finally ...