Do you know your blood type? Scientists say everyone should in case of a life-threatening event that results in a need for a blood transfusion. But now, they've discovered a new group of blood types ...

O- blood is the universal donor type because it can be used for anyone. AB+ blood can receive any type of blood, making it the universal recipient. Blood types need to match, or the immune system will ...

Using gut bacteria, scientists have come one step closer to "universal" donor blood, where any blood type can donate to any other. While people with type O blood are already universal donors, there ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists might be on the right track to a major medical breakthrough that could change medicine forever. Blood donors are an important part of the world's medical system. It's ...

Recent research suggests that your risk of stroke may actually be associated with your blood type. However, the explanation ...

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Rh-null is a rare and unique blood type, often referred to as 'Golden Blood'. This blood type is found in less than 50 people globally, and now scientists are trying to create it in the lab, the BBC ...

A new initiative at San Diego Blood Bank uses genetic analysis on a grand scale to better match donors and recipients. Called “Precision Blood,” the program has already processed more than 30,000 ...

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 ...

Soon after SARS-CoV-2 began its assault on the world, scientists began searching for clues about what, if any, factors made people more or less likely to get infected with the virus, and more or less ...

The amount of SARS-CoV-2 antigen measured in the blood of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 is associated with illness severity and other clinical outcomes, according to a new study published in the ...