'Gwada Negative:' A French Woman’s Unique Blood Group Challenges Medical Science

Bélinda Ibrahim, 25/06 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Blood Types France Ghadeloupe Ethnicity Gwada Negative

This global first concerns a 54-year-old French woman living in Paris. Her unique immunohematological profile, named “Gwada negative” in tribute to her Caribbean roots, has just been officially recognized as the 48th human blood group system by the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) under the scientific designation PIGZ. It all ...