Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social

This is a game changer! The bacteria Akkermansia muciniphila as well as being a mucus muncher can degrade the glycans that coat blood groups ie target blood group antigens and effectively make them type O the universal donors! Incredible. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Cifer @teskariel.bsky.social [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 00:43 UTC

Sounds amazing! Can you estimate how far away we are from putting this into practice?

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Moderately Grouchy @moderately-grouchy.bsky.social [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 12:25 UTC

This type of research has been going on for decades, not in any way a new idea

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Becca's Mullet @beccasmullet.bsky.social [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 04:14 UTC

Very, very cool!

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VealSlab.bsky.social @vealslab.bsky.social [ View ] May 02, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

If we perfect this then almost everybody will have good blood

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Mary Ann Dimand @maryanndimand.bsky.social [ View ] May 04, 2024 at 09:47 UTC

:O

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Felgraf @felgraf.bsky.social [ View ] May 03, 2024 at 08:48 UTC

wait holy fuck

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