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All Blood Converted to Type O?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the pumped-iron dept.

UnanimousCoward writes "The BBC is reporting that scientists claim to have discovered a technique to convert all blood into Type O with the discovery of an enzyme that can strip the A and B antigens. This has implications to transform the stored blood supply into transfusable blood for all. It does not address the RH negative issue, however."

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  1. Damn. by Stanistani · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can't sell my rare blood at a premium. It was my only worthwhile body fluid since they shut down the saliva banks.

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    1. Re:Damn. by beckerist · · Score: 2, Funny

      At least I can still sell my mighty swimmers!

  2. Uh oh... by Spudtrooper · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Japanese are totally gonna freak out...

    1. Re:Uh oh... by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

      I foresee a problem, sometimes when you get an organ transplant, you start thinking and acting like the person you got the organ from.

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  3. Re:dem Jap's is kuh-RAZY! by Spudtrooper · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder what blood type Chuck Norris has?

    Diesel.
  4. I am O- by jlowery · · Score: 4, Funny

    All bow before me, The Universal Donor!

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    1. Re:I am O- by kusanagi374 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Lucky us that can say that. I don't think the AB+ guys would happily say "All bow before me, the Universal Receiver!"

    2. Re:I am O- by Luyseyal · · Score: 2, Funny

      Donor? Receiver? Oh no, I think I know a certain goat-related website that fits this thread...

      -l

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  5. Type O Negative, anyone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Pete Steele's gonna be a happy man, then.

  6. Bad News for Vamps by travdaddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bad news for Vampires, Type A is the tastiest. So much for just going to the blood bank for meals!

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  7. DRM'd blood by wedgiesaurus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't stripping this DRM off of blood going to be illegal under the DMCA? I mean, you've got it DRM'd so that only certain people can use it, and if you're breaking that....

    Look out for the RIAA!!

  8. Re:Synthetic Blood by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You are such a pessimist. Is your blood type B-negative?

  9. Blood type C by ThreeDayMonk · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I lived in Japan, I grew so annoyed by the concept of blood-type-based character predestination that I decided to have some fun with the idea. When Japanese people asked me my blood type, I replied 'C', and went on to explain (plausibly enough) that the reason they hadn't heard of it was that it occurred only in European populations. It worked most of the time, although I usually folded and admitted that there was no such thing after stringing them along a bit.

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  10. Re:Bacterial names by bcattwoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why can't they be more like astronomers who call things as they see them, like how spots on the sun are called "sunspots"? Because naming thousands of species of bacteria microscopius blobbium wouldn't be very useful?
  11. Re:Synthetic Blood by Explodicle · · Score: 2, Funny

    Good thinking! Let us know when you're done.