Kidney transplant after blood type conversion may improve access to organs


Scientists from China and Canada have successfully transplanted a human kidney after the organ’s blood type was converted from type A to the universal type O using special enzymes for the first time.

After being transplanted into a recipient who had been diagnosed with brain death, the enzyme-converted kidney functioned for at least two days without signs of hyperacute rejection.

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