In 1930 the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine was awarded to Karl Landsteiner for discovering human blood groups [1]. By the in vitro mixing of blood from different people he observed that the blood ...

The Rh blood group system is defined by the RHD and RHCE genes, which encode transmembrane proteins responsible for the D, C, c, E and e antigens on erythrocyte surfaces. Variability arises through ...

You are probably aware of the two main blood group systems: the AB system and the rhesus system. Under the AB system, there are four main blood types A, B, AB and O. And each of these four types can ...

Rh-negative blood, affecting a small percentage of Indians, poses risks during pregnancy if the mother is Rh-negative and the baby Rh-positive. Without intervention, subsequent pregnancies can lead to ...

A blood group is defined as the entire blood group system that is made up of red blood cell (RBC) antigens. Taken together, the specificity of RBC antigens is controlled by a series of either allelic ...

Close up photo of female scientist holding a laboratory pipette and a blood sample tube for covid-19 in laboratory. She is wearing a protective suit, laboratory glasses, surgical mask and surgical ...