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Scientists have developed a method to convert A, B, and AB blood types into O-type blood, which can be safely transfused to any patient. This cost-effective process takes about an hour and aims to unify the blood supply, increasing availability and reducing transfusion errors. Early-stage clinical trials are currently underway to test this innovative technique.

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Blood Type Switch Transfused Convert

Scientists have developed a method to convert A, B, and AB blood types into O-type blood, which can be safely transfused to any patient. This cost-effective process takes about an hour and aims to unify the blood supply, increasing availability and reducing transfusion errors. Early-stage clinical trials are currently underway to test this innovative technique.

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Blood type switch

O-type blood can be transfused safely into humans of any blood-type without medical
risk - the problem is that it's not always readily available for those who desperately need
blood. Now an international team of scientists believe they have found a way to convert
A, B and AB blood types into O-type, making it safe to use in transfusions. Professor
Martin Olsson of Lund University Hospital in Sweden is one of the report's authors.

PROFESSOR OLSSON: That's what we're looking at - to get a unified blood supply that
is not fragmented due to the different groups. The dream scenario as I see it is that all
those blood units drawn from blood donors would be converted if they're not group-O
from the start, so to speak. That is approximately half of all blood units.

Professor Olssen says the conversion technique would be cost-effective and would take
about an hour at room temperatures. The process promises not only to increase the stock
of blood available for transfusions but could also prevent the accidental transfusion of the
wrong blood group into patients. Early-stage clinical trials are now underway.

Neil Bowdler, BBC

transfused
(blood is) taken from the veins of one person and put into the veins of another person

convert
change or modify something so that it can serve a different purpose

unified
operating as a single unit; united

fragmented
existing or functioning as though broken into separate parts

The dream scenario


the best possible situation or result

drawn
taken from; supplied by

blood donors
people who give some of their own blood to be used to help other people

cost-effective
providing the best possible results for the money that has been spent

stock
a supply of something that has been saved for future use
clinical
controlled scientific tests of drugs or medical equipment or procedures that are done to
make sure they are safe and effective

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