A woman on a French Caribbean island has a blood type so rare that no compatible donor exists on the planet. Even her own siblings are not compatible.
This is the 48th confirmed blood type called Gwada Negative. It was discovered when the woman was being prepped for surgery and all known blood types reacted badly to her singular blood.
Besides the four major blood types (A, B, AB, and O with RH+/-), there are actually 44 more blood types, each with their own unique makeup of enzymes and proteins.
For the woman with Gwada Negative blood, her survival might depend on lab-created blood where the mutation in gene PIGZ might be recreated. The Gwada Negative blood type is suspected to have been the cause of her two stillborn babies. The blood type may be useful in research.
