Blood transfusions are a cornerstone of modern medicine, saving lives during surgeries and emergencies. But for people with extremely rare blood types, finding a compatible donor can be a matter of ...

The type of blood you have circulating around your body is classified based on the presence or absence of specific markers on the surface of your red blood cells. These markers, known as antigens, ...

Only one in every six million people have the Rh null blood type. Now researchers are trying to grow it in the laboratory in the hope it could save lives. Blood transfusions have transformed modern ...

“The Man with the Golden Blood” is the story of Thomas, a Swiss boy with the extraordinarily rare blood type RH-null. What Does It Mean When Only 40 People Have Your Blood Type? Forty years ago, a ...

Reviewed by Yolanda Smith, B.Pharm. The Rh blood group is considered to be one of the more complex types of blood groups in humans and it is secondary to the ABO blood group in transfusion medicine.

Forty years ago, a young Swiss boy was brought to a Geneva hospital for treatment of a fairly routine childhood infection. When his blood was drawn and tested ...