Adam Taylor is affiliated with the Anatomical Society. You are probably aware of the two main blood group systems: the AB system and the rhesus system. Under the AB system, there are four main blood ...

Most humans fall into one of four blood groups — A, B, AB or O. Ordinarily, your blood type makes very little difference in your daily life except if you need to have a blood transfusion. However, ...

In 2011, a woman from the French overseas region of Guadeloupe underwent routine tests before a surgery. Strikingly, doctors could not identify her blood group, which was so unique that they did not ...

Several genes with varying inheritance patterns are involved in determining your blood type. The most significant gene is the ABO gene which determines your ABO blood type. Like many of your physical ...

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one ...

For half a century, a tiny quirk on the surface of red blood cells has puzzled doctors and put a small group of patients at risk during transfusions. That mystery has now been resolved with the ...

A new study has analysed over 3000 proteins to identify which are causally linked to the development of severe COVID-19. This is the first study to assess such a large number of proteins for their ...

Blood type is usually treated like a background detail. Something written on hospital files, checked once, then forgotten. It does not feel personal or important in daily life. Yet when doctors ...