Scientists from the French Blood Establishment (EFS) has successfully identified the ultra-rare 48 th blood type group, known as “Gwada negative,” which came from a blood sample originally drawn some ...

Previous research found more than 99.9 percent of people have the AnWj antigen that was missing from the 1972 patient's blood ...

The findings, first published in 2024, add the new MAL blood group to the already populated list of blood systems, including well-known groups like ABO and Rh. The quiz for this page is not ready yet.

Talk about a lonely hearts club. An unnamed woman from Guadeloupe has the rarest blood type on earth, to the extent that she’s only compatible with herself.

If someone asks you what kind of blood type you are, you’ll likely reference the well-known ABO/Rh blood group system (ABO supplies the letters and Rh, or rhesus factor, supplies the plus or ...

Scientists in Britain have discovered a rare new blood group system, and in the process solved the mystery of two 30-year-old, fatal cases of hemolytic disease.

Dr. Karl Landsteiner won the Nobel prize in 1930 for developing the ABO blood group system. The ABO system is the best known method of classifying blood types. It’s important to know your blood ...

Landsteiner's ABO blood group system categorizes a person's blood based on whether they have one, both or neither of the antigens known as A and B. ABO blood type is determined by a single gene ...

The ABO blood group Among the 33 systems, the ABO blood group system, which was originally discovered in 1901, is considered to be the most important in terms of transfusion treatments and organ ...

Dr. Kirsten L. Hokeness, of Bryant University, who also reviewed the study, goes on to explain, “The ABO blood-group system is part of the immune system.” ...

The ABO blood group system, defined by the presence or absence of A and B antigens on red blood cells, is one of the most extensively studied genetic polymorphisms. The genetics underlying this ...