The Rh factor test is routine for nearly all pregnant women. It’s usually conducted when your blood sample is taken during your first prenatal care visit. The results will determine if your blood has ...

Patients who are Rh negative, if transfused with Rh-positive blood, can become immunized for anti-D immunoglobulin (Ig).1 These patients are at risk of severe transfusion reactions, and if they become ...

Now that everyone who wants to sound sophisticated about health care is talking about “personalized medicine”---even the president!---the open question is, what part of medicine is going to get ...

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 ...

In a quiet hospital room in Chongqing, China, a 68-year-old brain-dead man became part of a historic medical experiment—one ...

IN the five years that have elapsed since the Rh factor in human red cells — better known as the Rh blood type — was first discovered, there has been a steadily increasing volume of literature on this ...

Rh-typing serum, commonly used in the laboratory for determining blood types, is a scarce commodity that has been priced at $14 for 10 cc. Now a rich reservoir of the precious serum, potentially worth ...

Close up photo of female scientist holding a laboratory pipette and a blood sample tube for covid-19 in laboratory. She is wearing a protective suit, laboratory glasses, surgical mask and surgical ...

This study was undertaken to determine whether Rh-positive mothers induce immunologic tolerance or primary sensitization in their Rh-negative daughters as the result of transplacental passage of the ...