Blood transfusions have been one of the most incredible medical advancements in human history, saving countless lives. The ...

CRIB is characterised by the absence of a high-prevalence antigen found in most people. Individuals with the CRIB blood group ...

Craig Melvin, a long-time blood donor, is rolling up his sleeve on live TV for a good cause. The TODAY show co-anchor knows ...

Scientists from the French Blood Establishment (EFS) has successfully identified the ultra-rare 48 th blood type group, known as “Gwada negative,” which came from a blood sample originally drawn some ...

A woman from Bengaluru has been identified with a never-before-seen blood group, named CRIB, marking a groundbreaking ...

Blood may be free in public hospitals, but low supplies leave Zimbabweans borrowing money to pay for private stocks.

People with O-negative blood, for example, can only receive their own type but can donate to all other blood types. It's not uncommon for someone with blood type AB to receive O-type blood during a ...

Although there are potentially millions of blood types, transfusions made with blood that matches your type according to the well-established ABO-Rh type system have a 99.8 percent chance of success.

However, the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) only recognizes 47 distinct blood type groups, with the latest being added just last year after a 50-year-long mystery. Now, according to ...