Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. human red blood cells under microscope with two white blood cells When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, ...

Researchers from the UK and Israel have identified a new blood group system in humans, marking a major breakthrough in hematology. The discovery, published in September, stems from a puzzling case in ...

Currently, a lot is known about which genes are responsible for our individual blood groups, however not much is understood about how and why the levels of the blood group molecules differ between one ...

Like most of these blood-group systems, it was discovered in a hospital lab where technicians were trying to find compatible blood for a patient. The name reflects the case's Caribbean roots: Gwada is ...

The discovery is labeled a major milestone in the hematology field since it can open doors for improving medical care for people with rare blood types. In 1972, doctors found that sampled blood from a ...