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News-Scientists discovered a new blood group, know how it was invented and why it is different

Till today we had heard about only 4 blood groups. Like A, B, AB and O blood groups. But, scientists have now discovered another new blood group. According to research published in the Blood Journal, scientists have discovered a new group of blood group called ER blood group. This new blood group is the 44th blood group. According to this study published in Blood Journal, this blood group has been created due to genetic mutation in Piezo1 protein. Let us know about it in detail. How is the Er blood group invented? Actually, this discovery comes from a 30-year-old incident in which two women tragically lost their children. These children belonged to the rare blood group and when the blood of this blood group was not found for their treatment, the children died. Then scientists researched on this, where did this new blood group finally come from. Then in a new study, scientists from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the University of Bristol compared a mother's blood sample to ...