For over fifty years, the scientific community has grappled with an unsolved puzzle in the realm of human blood types. It all began in 1972 when doctors discovered something extraordinary during the ...

A 2004 study also found that mosquitoes land on blood group O secretors (83.3%) significantly more than group A secretors (46.5%). However, these studies are not definitive, and much is still up ...

the most common and serious are intravascular hemolytic transfusion reactions because of ABO incompatibility caused by giving the wrong blood to a patient (e.g. group A blood to a group O recipient).

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have identified a new human blood group system, named MAL, stemming from a 1972 observation of a missing surface molecule on red blood cells. This ...

Maternal-infant ABO blood group incongruence was associated with reduced risk for severe infection among second-born infants.

It is also the most compatible type of blood group, which is usually used when required by other blood groups. Approximately 38% of the population has this blood type. In times of crisis and ...