{"id":189627,"date":"2024-05-17T19:28:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T00:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/scientists-find-a-surprising-way-to-transform-a-and-b-blood-types-into-universal-blood"},"modified":"2024-05-17T19:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T00:28:44","slug":"scientists-find-a-surprising-way-to-transform-a-and-b-blood-types-into-universal-blood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/scientists-find-a-surprising-way-to-transform-a-and-b-blood-types-into-universal-blood","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Find a Surprising Way to Transform A and B Blood Types Into Universal Blood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-find-a-surprising-way-to-transform-a-and-b-blood-types-into-universal-blood2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blood transfusions save lives. In the US alone, people receive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41564-019-0548-9\">around 10 million units each year<\/a>. But blood banks are always short in supply\u2014especially when it comes to the \u201cuniversal donor\u201d type O.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the gut microbiome may hold a solution for boosting universal blood supplies by chemically converting other blood types into the universal O.<\/p>\n<p>Infusing the wrong blood type\u2014say, type A to type B\u2014triggers deadly immune reactions. Type O blood, however, is compatible with nearly everyone. It\u2019s in especially high demand following hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other crises because doctors have to rapidly treat as many people as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood transfusions save lives. In the US alone, people receive around 10 million units each year. But blood banks are always short in supply\u2014especially when it comes to the \u201cuniversal donor\u201d type O. Surprisingly, the gut microbiome may hold a solution for boosting universal blood supplies by chemically converting other blood types into the universal [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-chemistry","category-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}