Doctors stumbled upon a type rarer than “golden blood”—and suspect more patients carry the bizarre genetic anomaly.
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A blood type found in just three people is shaking up what we thought we knew about human biology. Called B(A), it doesn’t ...
More than 100 years ago, Dr. Karl Landsteiner discovered that not all red blood cells are alike. He found that, when different people's blood was mixed, it would often clump up and curdle, destroying ...
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Step aside A, B, and O—there’s a new player in town. Scientists in France have just reported the discovery of a novel, rare blood type, only recorded in a single person to date. The French Blood ...
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