Universal

Scientists Convert Donor Lungs to Universal Blood Type in a Medical First

by

Patients can wait a long time for potentially life-saving lung transplants, since the need to find close matches complicates the process. One of the characteristics that need to be matched is patient and donor blood type.   Now new research shows that the blood type of some donated lungs could be altered before transplant, which … Read more

Organ transplants: Lung has blood type changed in step towards universal donors

by

Using two enzymes, researchers changed a donated lung from type A to type O, which can be accepted by any recipient Health 16 February 2022 By Alex Wilkins Researcher Aizhou Wang with a system that delivers fluid to a donated lung University Health Network Researchers have successfully changed the blood type of a donated human … Read more

Digital Access Is Not Universal, but a 10-Year Plan Can Help

by

In 1900, at the Paris Conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians at the Sorbonne, David Hilbert enumerated 23 open mathematical questions and set an agenda for a broad range of studies that continue to influence modern mathematics today. Since then, scientists in other disciplines, such as astrophysics and biology, have followed Hilbert’s example: They … Read more