The study of blood group distribution and donor characteristics has evolved into an essential component of modern transfusion medicine and epidemiology. Detailed analyses of ABO and Rh blood groups ...

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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 ...

* Rh-null blood lacks all 61 Rh antigens, making it extremely rare and medically valuable * It can save lives as a universal donor within rare blood types * Rh-null individuals //can only receive ...

The mysterious Rh factor-in human blood had disturbed the serenity of many a mother-to-be. For if a wife’s blood were Rh negative and a husband’s Rh positive, their child might be stillborn, or born ...

The rhesus factor, or Rh factor, is a protein that may be present on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). If RBCs contain the Rh antigen, they are Rh-positive, and if not, they are Rh-negative. It ...

When you’re pregnant, you may learn that your baby isn’t your type — blood type, that is. Every person is born with a blood type — O, A, B, or AB. And they’re also born with a Rhesus (Rh) factor, ...

Every year, some 10,000 ailing babies are born in the U.S. to parents with hostile blood types caused by the mysterious Rh factor.† Even with the most modern treatment, the best that doctors could ...

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