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Since the visual inspection is no longer useful for obtaining precise quantitative information, therefore there is a wide variety of different technologies reported in the literature to recognize the agglutination reactions. Despite the classical methods, modern biosensors and molecular blood typing strategies have also been considered for straightforward, accurate and precise analysis. The interfacial part of a typical sensor device could range from natural antibodies to synthetic receptor materials, as designed by molecular imprinting and which is suitably integrated with the transducer surface. Herein, we present a comprehensive overview of some selected strategies extending from traditional practices to modern procedures in blood group typing, thus to highlight the most promising approach among emerging technologies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16010051","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,5]],"date-time":"2016-01-05T02:29:07Z","timestamp":1451960947000},"page":"51","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":72,"title":["Blood Group Typing: From Classical Strategies to the Application of Synthetic Antibodies Generated by Molecular Imprinting"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0903-7788","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adnan","family":"Mujahid","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, W\u00e4hringer Stra\u00dfe 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria"},{"name":"Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus Lahore 54590, Pakistan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3053-8541","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Franz","family":"Dickert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, W\u00e4hringer Stra\u00dfe 38, A-1090 Vienna, Austria"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"357","article-title":"Zur Kenntnis der antifermentativen lytischen and agglutinierenden Wirkung des Blutserums and der lymph","volume":"27","author":"Landsteiner","year":"1900","journal-title":"Zentralbl. 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