An advance toward blood transfusions that require no typing

Wednesday, March 9, 2011 - 22:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists are reporting an "important step" toward development of a universal blood product that would eliminate the need to "type" blood to match donor and recipient before transfusions. The "immunocamouflage" technique hides blood cells from antibodies that could trigger a potentially fatal immune reaction that occurs when blood types do not match.

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