New Delhi: For the first time, a kidney has been successfully transplanted into a human after being converted from blood type A to blood type O, the universal donor, using enzymes developed by researchers from the University of British Columbia. A paper describing the advancement has been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering . The technology prevents mismatch and rejection of donor organs. The transplant was conducted on a brain-dead recipient with consent from the family, allowing scientists to observe the immune response to the transplanted organ without risk to the patient. The kidney functioned nominally for two days.

Hyperacute rejection is a rapid immune reaction that can destroy a donor organ within minutes. There was no signs of hyperacute rejection for the first two da

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