It started with a routine blood test before surgery. What doctors discovered next hadn’t been seen in medical history. For decades, most of us thought blood types were simple: A, B, AB, or O—each with ...

As part of a statewide initiative, Port Aransas EMS can now deliver life-saving blood transfusions in the field, a first for ...

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

Transforming organs from any blood type into the universal donor Type O could help patients receive transplants faster.

Clinical trials to explore the use of universal artificial blood are underway in Japan after initial volunteer doses began in March. The research, led by Professor Hiromi Sakai's laboratory, plans to ...

Scientists have converted the blood type of a donor kidney and transplanted the organ into a person. The procedure — the ...