{"id":57544,"date":"2025-07-31T13:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T07:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57544"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:49:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:19:36","slug":"crib-blood-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/crib-blood-group\/","title":{"rendered":"CRIB Blood Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>CRIB Blood Group Latest News<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new blood group CRIB, previously unidentified anywhere in the world, has been discovered in a South Indian woman from Kolar district in Karnataka.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About CRIB Blood Group<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of the <\/span><b>Cromer (CR) blood group system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, in recognition of its origin, has been officially <\/span><b>named CRIB, with \u2018CR\u2019 representing \u2018Cromer\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>\u2018IB\u2019 standing for \u2018India\u2019, \u2018Bangalore\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This historic announcement was made at the 35th Regional Congress of the <\/span><b>International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held in Milan, Italy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new blood group, previously unidentified anywhere in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After ten months of research and molecular testing, international experts identified a new antigen in the Cromer (CR) blood group system.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The blood group nomenclature is decided by <\/span><b>the International Society of Blood Transfusion.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Identifying new antigens like <\/span><b>CRIB enhances global transfusion safety<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, improves compatibility testing, and lays the foundation for better donor matching in future medical emergencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cromer blood group system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> involves <\/span><b>12 high-prevalence and 3 low-prevalence antigens<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on decay-accelerating factor (DAF).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Rare Blood Types?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rare blood type is when a person\u2019s blood type <\/span><b>is present in only 0.1% of the population.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a Rare type patient develops an antibody, they can only receive blood from another Rare Type donor.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It poses serious challenges in emergency transfusions, organ transplants, and complex surgeries.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/bangalore\/blood-group-not-found-anywhere-else-in-the-world-discovered-at-rotary-bangalore-ttk-blood-centre\/article69870107.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRIB blood group is part of the Cromer (CR) blood group system, associated with the DAF protein on red blood cells and plays a role in immune response. 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