The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes ...

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait ...

This area of research is still in the early stages, but it could someday help reduce wait times for patients needing kidney ...

Chinese and Canadian scientists report organ with blood type A converted to universal type O in donor-centric approach ...

Scientists move one step closer to "universal" donor organs with a successful kidney transplant in a brain-dead patient.

For blood transfusions to be safe, the donor and patient blood types must match. Now researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new, more powerful group of enzymes that can ...

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New Delhi, April 2: Using bacterial enzymes as molecular scissors, scientists have developed a technology for efficient conversion of blood groups A and B into the universal which can be given to ...

DONATION CONVERSION. In July, the American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage — it simply wasn’t receiving enough donations to help all the patients that needed blood. Now, researchers ...

Blood, platelets or plasma cannot be manufactured. Patients in desperate need of blood or blood-related products rely on blood donations from strangers to, in some instances, save their life. In ...

Scientists have discovered a pair of gut microbial enzymes that worked in tandem to convert blood cells of the type A to those of type O by removing the surface molecule ...