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 A pregnant woman's blood sample taken in 1972 was mysteriously ...

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 ...

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one ...

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 ...

It has only recently become known that two parallel systems of blood formation exist in the body, originating from different precursor cells. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) ...

In 2011, a woman from the French overseas region of Guadeloupe underwent routine tests before a surgery. Strikingly, doctors could not identify her blood group, which was so unique that they did not ...

Thank you for writing in. Regarding your question, there is no cause for alarm. It is indeed perfectly normal and possible for parents who both are blood group A, like in your case, to give birth to a ...

Adam Taylor is affiliated with the Anatomical Society. 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 ...

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 ...