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 ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a new blood type that is so rare it exists in only one person on Earth. The blood type, called “Gwada negative,” was found by researchers at ...

This reality points towards a futuristic solution: lab-grown blood cells. Scientists are already working on growing red blood cells from stem cells that could be genetically modified to match ...

In a major medical discovery, scientists from India and the United Kingdom (UK) have found a new and extremely rare human blood group, named CRIB. This rare type of blood could lead to improvements in ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man with a rare blood type who made his 100th donation this year is encouraging others to give blood. Robert Boocock, from York, has been donating his rare B-negative blood for 40 years, after being ...

An extremely rare Jk(a-b-) blood type—known as "diamond blood," which is over a hundred times rarer than the "panda blood" ...