Several genes with varying inheritance patterns are involved in determining your blood type. The most significant gene is the ABO gene which determines your ABO blood type. Like many of your physical ...

The mysterious Rh factor-in human blood had disturbed the serenity of many a mother-to-be. For if a wife’s blood were Rh negative and a husband’s Rh positive, their child might be stillborn, or born ...

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 ...

The doctor may also recommend a dose of this vaccine for the pregnant woman if she miscarries or experiences any kind of bleeding during pregnancy. Put simply: the RH factor is an inherited protein ...

Most people know their blood type—A, B, AB or O—along with whether they are Rh-positive or negative. But these familiar categories (those letters plus "positive" or "negative") represent just two of ...

In March, the U.S. FDA reported a major shortage of Rhogam, the anti-D immune globulin most widely used to prevent Rh factor incompatibility in pregnancy. Without treatment, second and subsequent ...

Blood transfusions are a cornerstone of modern medicine, saving lives during surgeries and emergencies. But for people with extremely rare blood types, finding a compatible donor can be a matter of ...

The risk of being infected by parvovirus is elevated in those people who have blood group Rh (D), according to a study published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases by researchers from Karolinska ...

Ever heard about RH compatibility? You'll hear the words mentioned more than a few times during pregnancy. But what is it, ...