Enzyme Tech for Universal Donor Organs Clears First Human Test

Enzyme tech for universal donor organs clears first human test

New Delhi: For the first time, a kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human after being converted from blood type A to blood type O, the universal donor, using enzymes developed by researchers from the University of British Columbia. A paper describing the advancement has been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering. The technology prevents mismatch and rejection of donor organs. The transplant was conducted on a brain-dead recipi…

University of British Columbia - UBC enzyme technology clears first human test toward universal donor organs for transplantation

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and re. . .