Soon after SARS-CoV-2 began its assault on the world, scientists began searching for clues about what, if any, factors made people more or less likely to get infected with the virus, and more or less ...

Unless you've recently given blood, you may not think much about your blood type. The presence or absence of certain molecules called A or B antigens, as well as a protein called the Rh factor, ...

Your blood type might seem like a minor detail in your medical history, but it carries significant implications for your health and medical care. From emergency transfusions to pregnancy planning, ...

Your blood type isn’t just relevant when you need a transfusion. It fundamentally influences which diseases you’re most susceptible to throughout your life. Scientists have discovered that the ...

What’s in a blood type? Potentially a lot, according to research, including a review of studies published in the Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, that correlates ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...