Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post SCMP reported on the 7th, citing the Chinese media Hyundai Express, “During a regular blood test at a hospital in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, a previously unknown nucleotide, or nucleic acid component sequence, was found in a person with a p-type blood type.”
Local authorities sent the gene sequence to NCBI, the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information, and confirmed that the patient’s gene sequence was a nucleotide that was not found anywhere in the world
This sequence was designated as serial number OR900206 in the human gene database
Type P is a blood type that was first reported to academia in 1927. It is a rare blood type that is distinguished from the mainstream types A, B, AB, and O
P-type is further divided into five subtypes: P1, P2, P1k, P2k, and p, and p-type is a rare blood type. The probability of being born with p-type blood type is less than one in a million, and only 12 people in China are known to have this blood type
A local official said, “Holders of these rare blood types can only receive blood of the same type,” adding, “Early detection is important because they may miscarry if transfusions are made with other blood types during pregnancy.”
Source: Kookmin Ilbo