Source: China – South China Morning PostScientists 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.
This conversion could overcome the barrier of having to match donor and recipient blood type for transplants, which…Read More