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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Blood usually falls into a few widely recognized categories or types, based on the proteins that are expressed on the surface of red blood cells. For example, A or B antigens may be present there, ...

When I was filling out a volunteer application for a children's hospital and was asked my blood type, I had to think twice. Though I was pretty sure it was O-positive, I wanted to confirm, so I called ...

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