All Blood Converted to Type O?

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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dem Jap's is kuh-RAZY!

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, but apparently according to this theory Rick James is conservative, Elvis Presley was athletic and Marilyn Monroe is cool, controlled, and rational. I'm not thinking this is really going to mess with the accuracy, though they hit the nail on the head with Jackie Chan being unforgiving! I wonder what blood type Chuck Norris has?

Re:Synthetic Blood

[jimstapleton]

No, but I didn't say the marrow wan't necessary.

What I said is that you may not get new blood cells if you use JUST marrow either.

Try reading comprehension, it helps a lot.

Also, while red blood cells are the most important in most transfusions, they are not the only relevant factor.