The risk of rejection can be offset by carefully matching the molecular similarities between a donor and patient and making ...

In the first human test, an enzyme-converted kidney was transplanted into a brain-dead recipient with family consent, ...

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

Transforming organs from any blood type into the universal donor Type O could help patients receive transplants faster.

Here, the researchers effectively converted a type A kidney into a type O kidney, using special, previously identified ...

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

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

This area of research is still in the early stages, but it could someday help reduce wait times for patients needing kidney ...

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.

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

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

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