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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Every day the United States pumps 36000 units—that’s 40,000 ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

You’re rushed into hospital and need a blood transfusion – but what is your blood group? In future, it may not matter, thanks to enzymes that scrub antigens from red blood cells, turning all donated ...

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 ...

When you’re rushed into the hospital for a blood transfusion, what happens if they don’t have your blood type? It’s a problem that scientists have been trying to solve for decades, and they might have ...

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 ...

Bacterial enzymes may help increase the supply of universal blood. There is an outsize demand for type O blood, specifically because it includes red blood cells that can be transfused into anyone ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have found a way to use a pair of enzymes from a human gut bacterium to convert type A to the universal donor type O blood, according to a report published June 10 in Nature Microbiology.