NHS scientists find new blood group solving 50-year mystery
NHS scientists find new blood group solving 50-year mystery
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NHS scientists find new blood group solving 50-year mystery
Identifying the new blood group system could save thousands of lives around the world.
The research team, led by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) scientists in South Gloucestershire and supported by the University of Bristol, found a blood group called MAL.
They identified the genetic background of the previously known AnWj blood group antigen, which was discovered in 1972 but unknown until now after this world-first test was developed.