The answer came in 2023, thanks in part to the family of a patient who had a complete loss of brain function. After learning ...

Most people don't give much thought to their blood type, but they probably should since some blood types have a greater risk ...

The existence of different blood types is one of the most frustrating realities of human biology, offering very little in the ...

In a step toward increasing access to donor organs, scientists have converted a blood-type-A kidney to blood type O and then transplanted it into a brain-dead person. The kidney, which had essentially ...

A man diagnosed with brain death received a kidney that was modified to be type O, which is compatible with all blood types ...

Researchers have converted a blood type A kidney to a blood type O kidney and successfully transplanted it, they reported in ...

This area of research is still in the early stages, but it could someday help reduce wait times for patients needing kidney ...

After a decade of work, researchers are closer than ever to a key breakthrough in kidney organ transplants - being able to ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes ...

The CBC says its inventory recently dropped to just a two-day supply of O-positive and even less of O-negative.

The Galleri test aims to find fragments of DNA in a person’s blood that can indicate the presence of a cancerous tumor.

Dr. Anju Goel, MD, MPH, is a public health consultant and physician with more than 10 years of experience in the California public health system. If you or someone you know seems to get bitten by ...