Several genes with varying inheritance patterns are involved in determining your blood type. The most significant gene is the ABO gene which determines your ABO blood type. Like many of your physical ...

The ABO-Rh system of blood group typing is an immensely successful method that helps medical professionals safely perform blood transfusions throughout the world. Scientists from the French Blood ...

Most people don't know their blood type unless they're donating blood or getting ready for surgery. You inherit your blood type from your parents, and most people fall into one of four groups: A, B, ...

Imagine having a blood type so rare that only two other people in the entire world could match it. That’s the reality for ...

Although, of course, the fact that only a select few have it is impressive. It is distinguished by the fact that it does not contain antigens, meaning that it is neither negative nor positive. Such ...

Blood type A(B) is caused by a four gene mutations and was discovered when the blood of patients and donors was being studied ...

Not to B-negative, but your blood type could offer a clue to your risk of having a stroke before 60. “The number of people with early strokes is rising,” said Dr. Steven J. Kittner, co-principal ...

Millions of parents have paid to bank blood from their infants’ umbilical cords. But storage companies have misled them about the cells’ promise. By Sarah Kliff Pregnant women are bombarded with ...