Turning your blood from A, B, or AB into O still ignores a lot of factors for donation, and the process of doing which might make the blood unusable for other reasons. But, it's an incremental...
Turning your blood from A, B, or AB into O still ignores a lot of factors for donation, and the process of doing which might make the blood unusable for other reasons. But, it's an incremental step in a positive direction, and the methodology they used is particularly interesting to me.
Typically RH typing (+/-) is the next most commonly known/used blood typing. You usually don't have to consider other systems like the MNS system or Kell system unless you're dealing with...
I'm not familiar with additional typing processes they do after they collect my donated blood
Typically RH typing (+/-) is the next most commonly known/used blood typing.
You usually don't have to consider other systems like the MNS system or Kell system unless you're dealing with potential extreme immune responses such as transplants or patients with autoimmune disorders.
RH, on the other hand, does come up fairly frequently during childbirth (my mother is RH negative and I am RH positive, which caused complications) and typically speaking mismatches are avoided in normal transfusions.
Having a future where Enzymes like these were tested and proven would be amazing. Imagine blood banks being able to just automatically convert all blood into type O and never have to worry about...
Having a future where Enzymes like these were tested and proven would be amazing. Imagine blood banks being able to just automatically convert all blood into type O and never have to worry about having enough blood.
What a cool concept, I would have never considered something like this as being possible.
Turning your blood from A, B, or AB into O still ignores a lot of factors for donation, and the process of doing which might make the blood unusable for other reasons. But, it's an incremental step in a positive direction, and the methodology they used is particularly interesting to me.
Typically RH typing (+/-) is the next most commonly known/used blood typing.
You usually don't have to consider other systems like the MNS system or Kell system unless you're dealing with potential extreme immune responses such as transplants or patients with autoimmune disorders.
RH, on the other hand, does come up fairly frequently during childbirth (my mother is RH negative and I am RH positive, which caused complications) and typically speaking mismatches are avoided in normal transfusions.
Having a future where Enzymes like these were tested and proven would be amazing. Imagine blood banks being able to just automatically convert all blood into type O and never have to worry about having enough blood.
What a cool concept, I would have never considered something like this as being possible.