CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks highlighted UBC research that discovered certain gut bacteria could be used to transform blood types A and B into the more universal form of blood type O.
The segment also appears here.
Stephen Withers, a UBC professor of biochemistry and lead researcher, discussed the role of removing A and B antigens from red blood cells.
Similar stories appeared on Global National (at the 18:50 mark), New Zealand Radio, MSN, Bustle, and Radio Canada.
