Universal donor blood (IMAGE)

Technical University of Denmark

Universal donor blood — Caption

The ABO blood group antigens found on the surface of red blood cells are also found on the mucosal layer that lines the surface of the gut. Researchers have harnessed a specialized human gut bacterium and its ability to use these antigens as nutrients to discover and develop two enzyme mixtures that convert group A and B red blood cells into universal donor blood. Graphic: Mathias Jensen, postdoc at DTU.

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Graphic: Mathias Jensen, postdoc at DTU.

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