That's pretty cool- we able to transplant a "universal donor" kidney into a braindead patient and it seemed to work (they don't really go into the details). The scientists in the article converted a type A kidney to a type O kidney prior to transplant, after treating it with enzymes to remove the offending sugar groups.

#healthcare #transplants #medicine #research #bloodtype

https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-scientists-created-a-universal-kidney-to-match-any-blood-type