Blood type matching is important for blood transfusions. Health complications can arise when blood types are incompatible. Scientists describe a new blood type group named Er. Everyone should know ...

Scientists at the National Defense Medical College in Tokorozawa, Japan, have successfully developed artificial blood that's compatible with all blood types. This isn't just an incremental improvement ...

In a world-first, researchers have successfully transplanted a donor kidney after converting it from blood type A to the universal type O, removing one of the biggest barriers in organ donation: blood ...

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 ...

Organ transplants can be life-saving, but the need to match blood types means many people are left on long waiting lists while organs go to waste. Scientists at Cambridge have now demonstrated a ...

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