Adapted from A Syllabus of Laboratory Examinations in Clinical Diagnosis. Printed by permission of the Harvard University Press. From the Blood Grouping Laboratory of Boston and the Children's ...

ABO blood grouping is based on differences in the type of glycoprotein (protein with carbohydrates attached) present on the surface of red blood cells. Type A individuals have type A glycoproteins; ...

When a pregnant woman had her blood sampled back in 1972, doctors discovered it was mysteriously missing a surface molecule ...

Blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people ... At the moment, there are only three units of the "Bombay" blood group - first identified in India - in stock across the ...

Louise Tilley has been working on the project for 20 years Using genetic testing, NHSBT’s International Blood Group Reference Laboratory in Filton have for the first time developed a test that ...