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Serology/Genotyping

Antibodies to Amustaline/Glutathione Pathogen Reduced RBCs

While the U.S. FDA has approved the use of pathogen reduction (PR) technologies for platelets and plasma, it has not…

February 12, 2025

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

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