ABO (gene)
Posted on 05/03/2015 11:01:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Scientists have discovered that a particular type of enzyme can cut away antigens in blood types A and B, to make them more like Type O -- considered the 'universal' blood type, because it's the only type that can be donated to anyone without the risk of provoking a life-threatening immune response.
The team, from the University of British Columbia of Canada, worked with a family of enzymes called 98 glycoside hydrolase, extracted from a strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Over many generations, they were able to engineer a super high-powered enzyme strain that can very effectively snip away blood antigens where previous generations of the enzyme struggled...
Getting the right type of blood when you need it is crucial, and it has to do with the different types of residue that can accumulate the surface of red blood cells. Both blood types A and B have this residue -- A has an N-acetylgalactosamine residue, and B has a galactose residue -- and Type AB has a mixture of both. Only Blood Type O is free from this residue, which means it can be received by any patient, no matter what type they're carrying...
While the current enzyme strain is not yet capable of removing 100 percent of the antigens from Blood Types A and B, which is where it needs to get if the researchers want to make any real use of it, the team is confident that they'll get it there so they can try it out in clinical trials. Even the smallest amount of antigen in donated blood can set off a dangerous immune response in the recipient.
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ABO (gene)
“without the risk of provoking a life-threatening immune response”
TRUST ME folks. YOU DO NOT WANT TO EXPERIENCE THAT.
This is very good news. Now if they can figure out how to make it O negative then they will not need to type you at all.
Yeah. That’s why they teat a sample of the patient’s blood against the donor blood before transfusions.
Mine was a frozen plasma reaction. Same outcome though.
So it doesnt get rid of all antigens. Therefore you still csnnot give the treated blood to a different blood type person without an immune reaction.
We got most, but not all, so we still cant give it to a different person. Bottom,line the headline is factually untrue.
Won’t matter, the homosexuals are demanding they supply their diseased blood to corrupt the supply, so you are screwed anyway...................
And thanks for the LOL one liner about anti-GMO’s.
It’s pure Nazi to force a cure for AIDS by infecting the general population in the name of social justice. Which is what that actually is. But then again, so are the militant gays and their backers.
Bruce Jenner is standing in line so he can have that done too.
Good news. Now I can finally get an A+ on that test instead of a B+.
some pretty miraculous things coming out these days
next 5-10 years should be crazy
The problem is I really like their food.
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