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 ...

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. Donating blood is a laudable act, but it’s also limited by sheer ...

Researchers from the University of British Columbia in Canada have found a way to convert Type A blood in to a universally accepted form, potentially doubling the amount of universally accepted blood ...

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 ...

For those with kidney failure, a transplant is often the greatest promise of a healthier, longer life. Yet thousands wait years for a match that never comes. Incompatibility of blood type is one of ...

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.