Converting Donor Organs to a Universal Blood Type

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2022/02/converting-donor-organs-to-a-universal-blood-type/

The publicity materials here discuss an intriguing approach to reducing the issues of rejection associated with organ transplantation. Some of the underlying mechanisms relate to incompatible blood types. It is possible to perfuse an extracted organ with enzymes that convert the biochemistry associated with blood type to blood type O, which is compatible with other types. The result is an organ that can be transplanted with greater safety.

Blood type is determined by the presence of antigens on the surface of red blood cells – type A blood has the A antigen, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABO_blood…

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