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Nature Biomedical Engineering

UBC Spinout Avivo Biomedical Reveals World-First Blood-Type Conversion

October 9, 2025 by Knowlton Thomas Leave a Comment

Several thousand Canadians are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants, but many donor organs go unused due to blood-type mismatch. Researchers recently transplanted a donor kidney after converting it from blood type A to the universal type O, removing a major barriers in organ donation: blood-type compatibility. The world-first transplant was conducted by Dr. Turun Song […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Avivo Biomedical, Nature Biomedical Engineering, UBC

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