Human blood already comes in a bewildering variety of types, but researchers have now identified a new one so rare that only ...

A new study has found that we are still far from understanding the blood classification system – and more blood types are ...

Scientists have discovered the rarest blood type on Earth, belonging to just one woman. Talk about a lonely hearts club. An unidentified woman from Guadeloupe has the rarest blood type on Earth, to ...

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 ...

The ABO-Rh system of blood group typing is an immensely successful method that helps medical professionals safely perform blood transfusions throughout the world. Scientists from the French Blood ...

A routine medical test turned extraordinary for a woman from the Caribbean when doctors found something completely new in her blood. Nearly 15 years ago, while preparing for surgery in Paris, doctors ...

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In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world's newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have ...

MIAMI -- A worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl battling cancer. Zainab Mughal has neuroblastoma and needs life-saving ...

Blood type A(B) is caused by a four gene mutations and was discovered when the blood of patients and donors was being studied ...