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UK Doctors change blood type

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This is rather exciting if you have a rare blood type and have to wait years for a transplant of a like kind.

theguardian.com/society/202...

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I agree. An amazing breakthrough.

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Wandakay72

I read the article too. Very exciting. I'm O+.

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I'm A+ but I imaging the rarer types like AB- have a hard time.

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