The phrase "a type of blood" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to different classifications or categories of blood, such as blood types in a medical context.
Example: "There are several types of blood, including A, B, AB, and O, each with its own characteristics."
Alternatives: "a category of blood" or "a classification of blood".
He has chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a type of blood cancer that can progress slowly, he said.
Using this method, they analyzed 24 genetically unique cultures of lymphoblastoid cells, a type of blood cell, taken from healthy people.
The target firm's crown jewel is Kyprolis, a treatment for multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.
A14 Warning on Plasma Treatment The F.D.A. warned doctors against giving a type of blood plasma called PlasSD or SD plasma to people who have severe liver disease or who are receiving liver transplants.
The Irish fare, packed with enough substance to make a cardiologist gasp, consists of bacon, eggs, sausage, tomatoes, baked beans and black and white pudding (a type of blood sausage).
Golden retrievers for instance are prone to developing lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, and Dalmations carry a gene that predisposes them to developing urinary stones.
Aside from being in Phase III trials for the treatment of kidney cancer, it is also in Phase III for the treatment of lung cancer and multiple myeloma--a type of blood cancer.
When they treated mice that had been injected with human multiple myeloma cells--a type of blood cancer--with a molecule that inhibits IGF-1R, tumor growth slowed and the animals survived longer.
One of the big issues in medical tissue engineering is how to create a type of blood-vessel system so that you can transport your feed, and also oxygen to all nooks and crannies of the tissue.
Last year, the F.D.A. halted a clinical trial of a hepatitis B vaccine containing a novel adjuvant after one participant developed a type of blood-vessel inflammation that is considered an autoimmune disease.
Getting your blood pumping regularly can increase the activity of a type of white blood cells that attacks viruses.
