Genetic Background of AnWj-Negative Blood Group Deciphered Of the 45 blood group systems comprising 362 described antigens, only a few high prevalence antigens are not genetically resolved… September 25, 2024
SARS-CoV-2 Preferentially Binds Blood Group A Many studies have noted an association between ABO blood group antigens and susceptibility to infection—most commonly that individuals with blood… August 9, 2023
Er Red Blood Cell Antigen Group Of the 43 blood group systems identified, only a small number of antigens remain uncharacterized. Era is a high incidence… June 28, 2023
Transfusing Individuals with Asian-type DEL Rh Antigen Antibody levels are important for many aspects of clinical care from evaluating the incompatibility of transfusions and transplants to determining… May 10, 2023
ABO and Lewis Blood Groups Linked to Lower COVID-19 Susceptibility Blood group O has been associated with decreased risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in several small studies. In order to confirm… October 26, 2022
Pluripotent Stem Cell Gene Editing Provides Rare RBC Screening Cells Over 10 million of RBC units are transfused each year in the U.S. alone. Alloimmunization and hemolytic transfusion reactions pose… October 19, 2022
Enzymatic Treatment of Organ Allografts to Universal Blood Type O Organ transplant recipients with group O blood type often have to wait at least twice as long as group A,… March 2, 2022
RBCeq: A Novel, User-Friendly, Algorithm for Genetic Blood Typing About 85 million units of red blood cells (RBCs) are transfused globally, and some patients requiring multiple transfusions are at… January 26, 2022
Epitope Matched HLA Platelets Are Noninferior to Standard Matched HLA Platelets Alloimmunization to human leukocyte antigens (HLA) leads to platelet refractoriness, defined as decreased post-transfusion platelet count increments (PCIs), and is… January 27, 2021
RHD Genotyping in Transfusion Practice Could Identify Novel RHD Alleles and Conserve D-negative Blood Partial D phenotypes (with altered D epitopes) and weak D phenotypes (with a reduced number of D antigens present on… January 20, 2021
Serology/Genotyping