One of the most important characteristics of blood is its type. Knowing your blood type is essential for several healthcare situations. Knowing someone's blood type is important for blood transfusions ...

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 ...

Researchers from the UK and Israel have identified a new blood group system in humans, marking a major breakthrough in hematology. The discovery, published in September, stems from a puzzling case in ...

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 ...

Scientists in Thailand have identified a remarkably rare hybrid blood type, B(A), found in only three individuals out of hundreds of thousands tested. This discovery challenges traditional blood ...