The existence of different blood types is one of the most frustrating realities of human biology, offering very little in the ...

In a quiet hospital room in Chongqing, China, a 68-year-old brain-dead man became part of a historic medical experiment—one ...

Researchers report the first human test of an enzyme-converted A-type kidney to universal O, which if validated in future ...

This would theoretically turn a type A kidney into type O, or the “universal donor” type. The study is rooted in decades of ...

Scientists have developed a universal kidney transplant by converting a donor kidney to blood type O, enabling compatibility with any recipient.

The breakthrough was made possible with the help of specialized enzymes designed to address blood-type incompatibility in transplants.

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney organ transplants: being able to ...

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

Researchers have converted a blood type A kidney to a blood type O kidney and successfully transplanted it, they reported in ...

Canada team, successfully performed a human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to the universal type O ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have identified two enzymes that are involved in macrophage polarization, one of the key factors affecting fibrosis. The group's findings, reported in Cell ...

Scientists have identified the role an enzyme, crucial to the body’s metabolism, plays in the development of kidney disease, opening the door to new methods of prevention and treatment of this ...