Rhesus (Rh) incompatibility is amongst the many complications couples face in marriage (Image: Shutterstock) Couples are often plagued by various problems in marriage including fertility and ...

This depends on one’s Rhesus factor – an antigen occurring in the red blood cells indicating the presence of a protein known as ‘D antigen.’ If your blood type is RhD negative, your red ...

Although the rhesus monkey is an excellent model of human ... insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), is available. Thus, we studied serum values of IGF-1 collected between birth (NB) and 17 years ...

that might be because of the rhesus factor.” Consultant dermatologist, Dr Nkechi Enechukwu noted that a woman can suffer miscarriage due to the use of bleaching creams. “Some bleaching creams ...

In vivo, a Factor XIIa peritoneal implant generates bypass activity for up to one month when tested in rhesus monkeys. Implantation of such a chamber in a patient with hemophilia A or B could ...

This is known as the Blue Baby Syndrome. But nowadays we screen for Rhesus factor, and if necessary antibiotics are given to block the mother’s immune reaction to protect future embryos.

Chinese researchers have cloned the first rhesus monkey, a species which is widely used in medical research because its physiology is similar to humans. They say they could speed up drug testing ...