France 24 reported on UBC scientists who discovered a way of transforming all types of blood into Type O, which is the universal donor blood type. Lead researcher Stephen Withers, a […]
Sep 11, 2018
For blood transfusions to be safe, the donor and patient blood types must match. Now researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified a new, more powerful group of enzymes that can turn any type of blood into the universally usable type O—expanding the pool of potential blood donors and making blood matching safer and easier.
Aug 21, 2018
Three University of British Columbia researchers have been given some of the most prestigious science and engineering prizes by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The […]
Jun 4, 2010
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