{"id":343824,"date":"2025-08-01T16:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=343824"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:38:08","slug":"crib-a-new-human-blood-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crib-a-new-human-blood-group\/","title":{"rendered":"CRIB- A new Human Blood group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> A new blood group, previously unidentified anywhere in the world, has been discovered in a South Indian woman from Kolar district in Karnataka.<\/p>\n<h2>About CRIB- A new Human Blood group<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_343825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343825\" style=\"width: 418px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-343825\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-Health-Magazine.jpg?resize=418%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-Health-Magazine.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-Health-Magazine.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-Health-Magazine.jpg?w=873&amp;ssl=1 873w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-343825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Health Magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The CRIB blood group is a <strong>newly identified blood type<\/strong> outside the existing major systems like ABO and Rh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full form:<\/strong> In recognition of its origin, the group has been officially named \u2018<strong>CRIB\u2019<\/strong>, with <strong>CR representing Cromer<\/strong> and <strong>IB<\/strong> standing for <strong>India, Bengaluru<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>System:<\/strong> It belongs to the <strong>INRA (Indian Rare Antigen) blood group system,<\/strong> which was officially recognized by the <strong>International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) in 2022<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is an <strong>entirely new antigen<\/strong> not fitting into the <strong>43 known blood group systems<\/strong> previously recognized by the ISBT.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is characterized by the <strong>absence of a high-prevalence antigen<\/strong> found in most people.<\/li>\n<li>This absence of a common antigen makes <strong>blood transfusions extremely complex <\/strong>as only other CRIB-negative blood can be used, which is extremely rare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Importance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It plays a crucial role in <strong>cases of Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN),<\/strong> where <strong>antibodies from the mother attack the red blood cells of the fetus<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Identifying the <strong>CRIB group early in such cases<\/strong> could help <strong>prevent life-threatening complications<\/strong> during pregnancy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: A new blood group, previously unidentified anywhere in the world, has been discovered in a South Indian woman from Kolar district in Karnataka. About CRIB- A new Human Blood group The CRIB blood group is a newly identified blood type outside the existing major systems like ABO and Rh. Full form: In recognition of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crib-a-new-human-blood-group\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CRIB- A new Human Blood group<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-343824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}