In recent years, scientists have begun to explore another potential contributor: blood type. A study published in Journal of ...

Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot as it should. Usually, people have VWD due to their genes, which may come from a male or female parent. Blood ...

Scientists have found a link between blood type A and a higher risk of stomach cancer. This connection appears over time.

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Computational biologists have uncovered how RNA splicing -- a crucial process for isoform expression and protein diversity -- is regulated across different cell types in the peripheral blood. This ...

Ever wondered why that one friend gets the stomach flu almost every year, while the rest of your friends are totally fine? Or why your partner never seems to contract the illness, even when you do?

Groundbreaking research published today in Nature Genetics describes the largest-ever study into the genetics of random "round-the-clock" blood glucose levels. The study, involving almost half a ...

Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that can affect the blood’s ability to clot properly. In most cases, people inherit the gene variations for hemophilia in an X-linked recessive inheritance pattern.