Healthcare Innovation: Transforming Blood Types With Maher Abou Hachem
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Can science turn any blood into a universal donor type? Join us in this episode as we explore groundbreaking healthcare innovations with Maher Abou Hachem, a distinguished Professor in the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the Technical University of Denmark.
Maher's expertise spans recombinant protein production, purification, biomolecular interactions, stability, and enzymology. From gut microbiome studies to pioneering blood type conversion, his cutting-edge research is reshaping the future of healthcare. Are you ready to find out what makes Maher's work so unique? Hit play to find out!
Dive in now to discover:
- What the major blood types are, and how they are used in transfusion and transplant applications.
- What happens if you give the wrong blood type to a patient.
- How researchers can change one blood type to another.
- The significance of red blood cells in the human body.
You can learn more about Maher and his investigations here!
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| 0:41.3 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. My guest today is Mahar Abu Hashem. |
| 0:43.3 | We're talking about the really interesting article I saw how to transform, you know, type A |
| 0:49.3 | blood, type B blood into a universal type blood, you know, A B, etc. |
| 0:53.3 | I think it would be a really interesting call. |
| 0:55.4 | He's a professor at Technical University of Denmark. He's in the Department of Biotechnology and |
| 1:00.2 | biomedicine. So, you know, we'll get into it now. So Maher, thank you for coming. |
| 1:03.5 | I'm very delighted to be here telling you about our work. All right. So just for people that don't know, |
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