A team of scientists from France has recently demonstrated the efficacy of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) convalescent plasma therapy in improving the survival rate among patients with B-cell ...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, clinicians have seen many remarkable things. Among them is how a 19th-century therapy called convalescent plasma came to be used in more than 500,000 hospitalized ...

A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and colleagues suggests that a slowdown in the use of convalescent plasma to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients led to ...

Plasma exchange with 5% albumin improved 90-day survival in selected patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure, offering the first positive survival study in the field.

Plasma donation is a specific form of blood donation whereby plasma, the clear liquid component of whole blood, is collected during donation through a process known as plasmapheresis. During ...

Six months after it was controversially hailed by Trump administration officials as a “breakthrough” therapy to fight the worst effects of Covid-19, convalescent plasma appears to be on the ropes.

Convalescent plasma therapy has shown a weak benefit in patients with severe or life-threatening Covid-19. However, when considering safety, 1 some have advocated its use beyond this limited scope.

Plasma, the fourth state of matter, is created by applying electrical energy to a gas, causing ion formation. When an energy source, such as electrical energy or radio waves, transfers energy to gas ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – A revolutionary, low-risk injection that can treat a variety of conditions from sports injuries to hair loss taking the medical world by storm. It’s called platelet-rich ...