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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

To say that blood is vital is a huge understatement. It flows through the organs that make up the circulatory system — the heart and blood vessels and veins — delivering oxygen, nutrients, and ...

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, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. In a routine blood test that turned extraordinary, French scientists have ...

Ahmedabad: It was during an emergency surgery at a private hospital in Kalol, Gandhinagar, that the patient was found to have ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- When you give blood at the Pint For A Pint Blood Drive, you don't always put a face to the people you are helping. We're introducing you to a four-year-old Fresno girl who ...

It started with a routine blood test before surgery. What doctors discovered next hadn’t been seen in medical history. For decades, most of us thought blood types were simple: A, B, AB, or O—each with ...