GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — East Carolina University’s clinical laboratory science students received a new device that automates blood type identification. The instrument, known as the Ortho-Clinical ...

Scientists are working to grow the rarest blood type in the world in a lab, an effort that could have huge ramifications for medicine. The blood type in question, Rh null, is found in just 50 people ...

Blood transfusion, if performed promptly, is a potentially life-saving intervention for someone losing a lot of blood. However, blood comes in several types, some of which are incompatible with others ...

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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, ...

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 ...

The need to first zero in on a blood group can delay blood transfusions in emergency situations, and this in turn can prove fatal. Thus, to speed up the process, a team of scientists has developed a ...