We are all aware of the four blood types: Type O, Type AB, Type B, and Type A. The reason why blood types are different in the first place is because each of those blood types depends entirely on the ...

When you’re pregnant, you may learn that your baby isn’t your type — blood type, that is. Every person is born with a blood type — O, A, B, or AB. And they’re also born with a Rhesus (Rh) factor, ...

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 transfusions and organ transplants. Type ...

The rhesus factor, or Rh factor, is a protein that may be present on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). If RBCs contain the Rh antigen, they are Rh-positive, and if not, they are Rh-negative. It ...

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Every year, some 10,000 ailing babies are born in the U.S. to parents with hostile blood types caused by the mysterious Rh factor.† Even with the most modern treatment, the best that doctors could ...

If a woman with Rh-negative blood bears a baby fathered by an Rh-positive man, there is a grave risk that she will become sensitized to the Rh factor in her baby’s blood and begin to produce anti-Rh ...

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 ...