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Scientists convert a kidney from blood type A to universal type O and implant it in a brain-dead recipient

Scientists move one step closer to "universal" donor organs with a successful kidney transplant in a brain-dead patient.
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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 ...