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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For transfusions to be safe, blood from a donor must match that of a patient. O-type blood can be transfused into anyone and is always in high demand Author of the article: You can save this article ...

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 ...

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 ...

A pair of enzymes from the human gut microbiome can convert type A red blood cells to type O red blood cells. These enzymes might, with further development, help make universal blood that could be ...

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.

When scientists at Emory University School of Medicine engineered mice that make more angiotensin-converting enzyme in white blood cells called macrophages, the mice could more effectively limit the ...