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

The answer came in 2023, thanks in part to the family of a patient who had a complete loss of brain function. After learning ...

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

In a study published Friday (Oct. 3) in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers detailed this successful conversion of a kidney from a donor with type A blood to a type-O organ using ...

Scientists converted a type A kidney into a type O universal donor kidney. Enzymes removed specific antigens from the organ.

Researchers report the first human test of an enzyme-converted A-type kidney to universal O, which if validated in future studies, may one day improve access to organ allocation.

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

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

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

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

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

Chinese and Canadian scientists report organ with blood type A converted to universal type O in donor-centric approach ...