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Understanding different blood types: A, B, AB, and O

There are different blood types: A, B, AB, and O, with each also being Rh-positive or Rh-negative. Knowing your blood type is important for safe blood transfusions and organ transplants. Type ...
New York Post

Is there a best blood type? The ups and downs of A, B, AB and O — including who’s at higher risk for cancer, norovirus and bug bites

Most people don’t spare a thought for their blood type unless they’re in need of a transfusion — but could yours hold secrets to your health? There are four main blood types: A, B, AB and O.
AOL

Scientists discover new, ultra-rare, blood type

Scientists identify a new blood type, "Gwada negative," adding the 48th blood group system to human biology. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) A routine medical test turned extraordinary for a woman from the ...
IFLScience

This Newly Discovered Blood Type Is So Rare, Only 3 People In The World Are Known To Have It

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
The Scientist

What Does a Rare Blood Type Mean?

In 2011, a woman from the French overseas region of Guadeloupe underwent routine tests before a surgery. Strikingly, doctors could not identify her blood group, which was so unique that they did not ...