Takeda and the Indonesian Government have announced a multi-phased collaboration to strengthen the country's plasma ecosystem and expand access to plasma-derived medicinal products (PDMPs). The ...

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 ...

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 ...

After I was diagnosed with covid-19 almost a year back, I enrolled in a covid-19-positive plasma donation program. Its goal was to study whether plasma from donors who had recovered from covid-19 ...

Early in the pandemic, scientists thought “convalescent plasma” might be a way to treat COVID-19. By giving patients the plasma of people who had recovered (or convalesced) from COVID-19, the idea was ...

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.

There is a push to reduce the demand for the plasma-derived therapy, as patients, physicians and governments worry about ...

I was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) at the age of 46.

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 ...