THE discovery of the phenomenon of immunological tolerance has raised the possibility that the nature of a mother's Rh blood-type may affect the reactivity of her children towards Rh antigens 1–3. The ...

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One of the most important characteristics of blood is its type. Knowing your blood type is essential for several healthcare situations. Knowing someone's blood type is important for blood transfusions ...

The average adult has between 1.2 and 1.5 gallons of blood in their body, accounting for roughly 10% of their weight. Despite it being such a large, and critical, part of human anatomy, many people ...

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 ...

When modern humans journeyed out of Africa, a rapid evolution in their red blood cells may have helped them survive — but it may have also led to the eventual disappearance of Neanderthals, a new ...

Many people don't know what their blood type is. It's either type A, type B, a combination called type AB or type O. But what makes those types different is a microscopic bit of protein on the surface ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 81, No. 10, [Part 1: Biological Sciences] (May 15, 1984), pp. 3214-3217 (4 pages) An Epstein--Barr virus ...