Blood type is usually treated like a background detail. Something written on hospital files, checked once, then forgotten. It does not feel personal or important in daily life. Yet when doctors ...

The short answer: No, there is no “best” blood type. But each of the four main categories — A, B, AB and O — have their own advantages and disadvantages. It can also make you less attractive to ...

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Leaders have encouraged Australians wanting to help the victims of the Bondi tragedy to donate blood. There is an urgent call-out for the blood type O negative. Federal MP Allegra Spender urged all ...

Australians are being urged to donate blood in the wake of the Bondi terror attack targeting Sydney’s Jewish community, in which 15 people were killed and 40 people ...

Yasmin Mowat recieves funding from a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Partnership Grant, implemented with Lifeblood. David Irving works for Australian Red Cross Lifeblood and is ...

Australia’s blood donation centres have been overwhelmed with donors in the wake of the horrific Bondi attack, in which 16 people were killed and 40 more were injured. With Lifeblood Australia ...

There are rare blood types beyond the eight most common ones, and researchers have discovered one more that brings the total count to 49. Blood type A(B) is caused by a four gene mutations and was ...

Scientists in Thailand have identified a remarkably rare hybrid blood type, B(A), found in only three individuals out of hundreds of thousands tested. This discovery challenges traditional blood ...

People with blood type A may be at higher risk of developing autoimmune liver disease, resulting in potentially life-threatening damage, a study has found. In contrast, those with blood type B are ...

Rh-null is a rare and unique blood type, often referred to as 'Golden Blood'. This blood type is found in less than 50 people globally, and now scientists are trying to create it in the lab, the BBC ...