Scientists from the French Blood Establishment (EFS) has successfully identified the ultra-rare 48 th blood type group, known ...

RhD antigen is a potent immunogen. Anti-D antibodies, in fact, develop in more than 80% of Rh-negative volunteers given RhD-positive packed RBCs. ABO group antigens are present on platelets, but ...

Talk about a lonely hearts club. An unnamed woman from Guadeloupe has the rarest blood type on earth, to the extent that ...

“She is undoubtedly the only known case in the world,” said Thierry Peyrard, a medical biologist at Établissement français du ...

Scientists have discovered a new blood type in a woman from Guadeloupe, now recognized as one of the rarest in the world.

THE prediction of immunologic tolerance by Burnett and Fenner1 suggested that tolerance to the Rh antigen might be induced in Rh-negative girls born of Rh-positive mothers.2 Immunologic tolerance w ...

Aside from the ABO blood group system, Rh antigens, especially the D antigen, are the most clinically significant factors in alloimmunization that usually occur after exposure of RhD-negative ...

Most people recognize their blood type by its ABO classification and Rh factor—positive or negative. However, red blood cells are adorned with dozens of other markers, or antigens, made from proteins, ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood ...

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 ...