The gut wall is decorated with specific sugar structures, including that of the A-antigen, wrote lead researcher Stephen Withers, a professor of chemistry at UBC in an email. It seemed likely that gut bacteria would have developed enzymes to opportunistically cleave these sugars as a food source.
Date: Aug 22, 2018
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Gut enzymes could hold key to producing universal blood
Blood type is determined by the presence of antigens on the surface of red blood cells; type A blood has the A antigen, B has the B antigen, AB blood has both antigens and O blood has none, said lead researcher Stephen Withers, a professor of chemistry at UBC. Antigens can trigger an immune respo