We Finally Have Found a Way to Convert Donor Blood Into a Universal Type

In July last year, the American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage – it simply wasn’t receiving enough donations to help all the patients that needed blood.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

We Finally Have Found a Way to Convert Donor Blood Into a Universal Type

In July last year, the American Red Cross declared an emergency blood shortage – it simply wasn’t receiving enough donations to help all the patients that needed blood.

more…

From link.

“In the past, researchers figured out that certain enzymes (molecules that cause chemical reactions) could remove the sugars from A, B, and AB blood cells, converting them into the more useful Type O.

“However, as researcher Stephen Withers noted in a press release, they hadn’t yet discovered an enzyme that was efficient, safe, and economical. Their search for that enzyme took them into the human gut.

“Using this knowledge, the researchers were able to isolate an enzyme that strips the sugars from A and B blood types, transforming them into Type O 30 times more efficiently than any previously discovered enzyme.”

There’s a lot i could say, but I think just saying “wow!” suffices.