Lab grown blood now viable option for people with incredibly rare blood types
Researchers at the University of Queensland are partnering with the Australian Red Cross to scale the production of lab-grown blood. This technology aims to provide a viable transfusion option for patients with extremely rare blood types.
Why it matters
Offers a potential medical breakthrough for patients with rare blood conditions who currently face significant risks during medical procedures.
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Share A A A Bhabisara Gharti Magar has a blood type few people have ever heard of.
In fact, the young mum only learnt she had one of the world’s rarest blood types – a subset of the Bombay blood group called Para-Bombay – when she started planning to have children.
During her pregnancy, doctors warned Gharti Magar they would need to prepare her own blood in advance, in case she needed it during childbirth.
Bhabisara Gharti Magar, a young mum from Nepal who now lives in Banya QLD, has an extremely rare blood type called Para Bombay. “I was advised to collect at least three bags through autologous blood donation,” she explains.
“Thankfully, I did not end up haemorrhaging [during birth] and I didn’t need any of my stored blood.”
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