Neanderthal blood types may have made them ill-equipped to deal with infectious diseases.

There are ABO antigens, which designate ABO blood types. This is determined by the ABO gene. For example: There are also Rhesus (Rh) antigens, which determine if blood is "positive" or "negative." ...

A team of paleoanthropologists and geneticists from Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, EFS, ADES has found evidence of what may have been a contributing factor to the decline of Neanderthals. In their paper ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as stomach flu, norovirus infections cause watery diarrhea, low-grade ...

But 100,000 years ago, this type of red blood cell incompatibility would have been impossible to treat. Mazières and ...

After 50 years, scientists discover the MAL blood grouping system, solving a genetic mystery and improving transfusion safety ...

But 100,000 years ago, this type of red blood cell incompatibility would have been impossible to treat. Mazières and colleagues found that the Rh gene variants found in many people today come ...