New research suggests that blood group B may be associated with slower aging, although not without risks for these people.

A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have been a contributing factor to the decline of Neanderthals. In their paper ...

After 50 years, this strange molecular absence finally led researchers from the UK and Israel to describe a new blood group system in humans. "It represents a huge achievement, and the culmination ...

The ABO blood group system is a classification of human blood based on the presence or absence of antigens on the surface of red blood cells. This system not only plays a crucial role in blood ...

Many people are familiar with the ABO blood typing system, which lumps blood into the groups A, B, AB and O. The antigens on a person's red blood cells are recognized as safe by the immune system ...

An example of codominance occurs in the human ABO blood group system. Many blood proteins contribute to blood type (Stratton, 1952), and the ABO protein system in particular defines which types of ...

While most people are familiar with the ABO blood system and the Rh factor, human blood classification is far more complex. The National Institutes of Health reports that scientists have ...