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“We save our lives, but also those of others”: carriers of rare blood, precious donors

2024-01-30T11:20:22.486Z

Highlights: In France, nearly a million individuals have one of these rare bloods, affecting less than 4 people out of 1,000. Jérémy is a 36-year-old mathematics teacher. “I carry a very rare phenotype,” explains the teacher. We all know the most common blood groups A, B, O. But Duffy, Bombay or Dantu? In France, like Jé Rémy, almost a million people have a rare blood.“We save our lives, but also those of others”: carriers of rare blood, precious donors.


Bombay, Duffy, Dantu… Nearly a million people in France carry an unusual phenotype. Jérémy is one of them, and he gives


Jérémy is a 36-year-old mathematics teacher.

For him, transmission is fundamental.

But it is not only knowledge that can be transmitted: so can blood.

His donor card bears the words group 0 + followed by an incomprehensible series of letters and numbers.

So far, nothing abnormal, and yet... she is very special: “I carry a very rare phenotype,” explains the teacher.

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We all know the most common blood groups A, B, O.

But Duffy, Bombay or Dantu?

In France, like Jérémy, nearly a million individuals have one of these rare bloods, that is to say affecting less than 4 people out of 1,000.

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