A Group of Japanese Reseachers Has Discovered a New Blood Group "KANNO"

A group of Professor Hitoshi Oto of Fukushima Medical University has discovered a new blood group "KANNO", which was tentatively named after the antigen's provider.

The group is just waiting for the approval of the International Society of Blood Transfusion ...

If approved, this is will be the first case in Japan.

Source: Integrative genome analysis identified the KANNO blood group antigen as prion protein（TRANSFUSION）