Scientists have discovered the rarest blood type on Earth, belonging to just one woman. Talk about a lonely hearts club. An unidentified woman from Guadeloupe has the rarest blood type on Earth, to ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a new blood type that is so rare it exists in only one person on Earth. The blood type, called “Gwada negative,” was found by researchers at ...

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 ...

In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have identified the world’s newest and rarest blood group. The sole known carrier is a woman from Guadeloupe whose blood is so ...

Zainab Mughal, a 2-year-old girl from Miami, needs blood transfusions for her cancer treatment but she has a blood type so rare that so far only four donors worldwide have been identified. In August, ...

A group of French researchers have discovered a new, "ultra rare" blood group in a Guadeloupean woman after years of researching and sequencing her blood, the French Blood Establishment (EFS) said in ...

An investigation into why blood doesn't always behave as doctors expect has revealed a super-rare mutation in an extremely uncommon variation of blood. Testing more than 544,000 blood samples in a ...

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, ...

Maggie Aime has over 25 years of experience in healthcare and as a nurse across specialties including oncology, kidney transplant, cardiology, and more. She leverages her rich healthcare experience to ...