The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new molecular assay, ID CORE XT (Progenika Biopharma), for use in transfusion medicine to help determine blood compatibility between donor and ...

Many people know the different blood types -- A, B, AB, O -- but for some people who need life-saving transfusions, knowing those letters isn't enough. Many people know the different blood types -- A, ...

If blood with poorly matched antibodies is transfused, the procedure is more likely to lead to red blood cell destruction and a transfusion reaction, the agency explained. HealthDay News — The US Food ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO 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 ...

TROY, N.Y. -- Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have engineered nanoscale materials that are blood compatible using heparin, an anticoagulant. The heparin biomaterials have potential ...

Finally, some bloody good news: Researchers have identified new enzymes that bring science closer to developing universal donor blood. In an article published April 26 in Nature Microbiology, a team ...

Blood‐compatible polymers are central to the advancement of biomedical materials, particularly in the design of implants and medical devices that interface with blood. Their performance is largely ...

OneBlood: Just 5% of Black Americans donate blood Patients such as those with sickle cell disease rely on donor diversity Life-saving transfusions go beyond matching blood type Don’t faint, don’t ...

In early June, the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) officially announced the discovery of a new rare blood group called "Gwada negative," according to France 24. The Établissement ...