Testing is essential when confirming a hemophilia diagnosis. The process includes a physical exam and blood-clotting factor ...

A person with an extremely rare blood type has been rediscovered by a doctor in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, after more than a decade. Cao Guoping, head of transfusion at Taixing People's Hospital in ...

The human body is always coming up with new ways to shock and surprise us, and it turns out that just 50 known people in the ...

Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Gang Hu of the Center’s Chronic Disease Epidemiology Lab was recently appointed ...

Jeon Kyung-chul, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Ilsan Paik Hospital in Inje University, successfully performed a ...

Each holiday season, blood supplies tend to drop. A combination of factors — fewer school blood drives, holiday commitments, increased travel, circulation of more illnesses — all contribute to a dip ...

Scientists in Thailand have identified a rare B(A) hybrid blood type in just three people. Learn how blood types are determined and other rare blood groups like Rh-null, CRIB, and Gwada-negative.

A recent study strongly suggests that when early humans migrated out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have played a key role in their survival — and potentially contributed to ...

You can learn your blood type through medical records, a blood test, blood donation, or an at-home kit. Knowing your blood type is important for emergencies, surgery, and blood donation. A third of ...

Compatible blood for patients with Anti-Rh17 is extremely rare, found in about 1 in 100,000 people, making early testing and preparation essential. Anti-Rh17 antibodies, a rare immune response linked ...

Scientists uncovered how ancient blood groups helped Homo sapiens as compared to Neanderthals in their survival and spread worldwide. Image:Le Moustier’s 1920s art reconstruction of Neanderthals.

The woman was preparing for surgery in a Paris hospital when doctors noticed something strange. Her blood didn’t match any known type. It wasn’t A, B, AB, or O. Nor did it fit any of the dozens of ...