Plasma of recovered coronavirus patients could help new Covid-19 cases: Blood banks
4 years, 9 months ago

Plasma of recovered coronavirus patients could help new Covid-19 cases: Blood banks

NL Times  

From this week, blood banks under Sanquin are testing whether blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients can help new patients. Health service GGD will contact recovered patients and ask them to make contact with the blood bank. Sanquin will remove the antibodies from cured patients' plasma and process it into Fresh Frozen Plasma, which can be given to Covid-19 patients via transfusion. The blood bank stressed that this is not yet a treatment for Covid-19, only a study to see how patients react to antibodies produced by recovered patients.

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FDA revokes authorization for key anti-COVID drug, a blow for vulnerable Americans
1 year, 11 months ago

FDA revokes authorization for key anti-COVID drug, a blow for vulnerable Americans

LA Times  

A two-shot dose of Evusheld at a University of Washington Medicine clinic in Seattle. For her patients, she said, “it was kind of like being told the seat belts in your car won’t work anymore, and we’re not going to be able to replace them with anything.” In recent months, nine new subvariants of the dominant Omicron strain have proven …

World Blood Donor Day 2022: Importance of Blood Donation During COVID-19 Pandemic
2 years, 6 months ago

World Blood Donor Day 2022: Importance of Blood Donation During COVID-19 Pandemic

News 18  

World Blood Donor Day is observed on June 14 to raise awareness about the importance of blood donation as the range of applications is far greater than most people realise. For this year, the World Blood Donor Day slogan is “Donating blood is an act of solidarity. Much like with newly emerging infectious diseases of the past, people have been …

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months
3 years ago

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months

Dutch News  

The amount of antibodies against coronavirus found in blood given by vaccinated blood donors has halved in two months, according to donation agency Sanquin. The longer ago people were vaccinated, the fewer antibodies they have, Sanquin said, following research on blood donated by 2,200 people. ‘Antibodies for respiratory infections usually decrease quickly over time,’ said microbiologist and researcher Hans Zaaijer. …

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months
3 years ago

Coronavirus antibodies in donated blood halves in two months

Dutch News  

The amount of antibodies against coronavirus found in blood given by vaccinated blood donors has halved in two months, according to donation agency Sanquin. The longer ago people were vaccinated, the fewer antibodies they have, Sanquin said, following research on blood donated by 2,200 people. ‘Antibodies for respiratory infections usually decrease quickly over time,’ said microbiologist and researcher Hans Zaaijer. …

Curing with Blood: the Rise and Fall of Covid Convalescent Plasma Therapy
3 years, 3 months ago

Curing with Blood: the Rise and Fall of Covid Convalescent Plasma Therapy

News 18  

Early in the pandemic, scientists thought convalescent plasma might be a way to treat COVID-19. But growing evidence, including an international study published this week, shows convalescent plasma does not save lives of people critically ill with COVID-19. year more than 100 clinical trials had been conducted with convalescent plasma in people with COVID-19; about one-third of these studies had …

Use of plasma therapy for Covid may cause adverse events: Study
3 years, 3 months ago

Use of plasma therapy for Covid may cause adverse events: Study

Hindustan Times  

Even with doubtful efficacy, antibody-rich plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients continued to be used for the treatment of those suffering from the infection during the second wave of the pandemic, with people queuing up at plasma banks and looking for donors online. But a recent Canadian study published in the journal Nature has shown that not only did plasma therapy …

UK trial scores another win against Covid as study shows benefit of antibody treatment in sickest patients
3 years, 6 months ago

UK trial scores another win against Covid as study shows benefit of antibody treatment in sickest patients

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Giving patients who have yet to develop an immune response to the virus an infusion …

Body produces antibodies against COVID-19 for months even after a mild infection: Study
3 years, 7 months ago

Body produces antibodies against COVID-19 for months even after a mild infection: Study

Firstpost  

In the bone marrow, these cells continually secrete low levels of antibodies into the bloodstream to help guard against the virus. It’s normal for antibody levels to go down after acute infection, but they don’t go down to zero; they plateau.” The researchers found antibody-producing cells in people 11 months after first symptoms. In the bone marrow, these cells continually …

Does India's trial and error approach to fighting mutating coronavirus need course correction?
3 years, 7 months ago

Does India's trial and error approach to fighting mutating coronavirus need course correction?

India Today  

The second wave continues to wreak havoc in India with over 4,500 deaths recorded in a day on Wednesday. The Indian Council of Medical Research decision came within days of a study published in The Lancet that suggested plasma therapy did not improve survival or other pre-specified clinical outcomes in patients. Interestingly, similar data from ICMR's own trials was released …

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from COVID-19 treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from COVID-19 treatment

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Several top medical experts have welcomed the Indian Council of Medical Research 's updated advisory released on Monday dropping the use of convalescent plasma from recommended treatment protocols for COVID-19. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital chairman Dr DS Rana said plasma therapy has failed to change the "course of mortality" and asserted that some scientists are also of the …

Not enough evidence to prove plasma therapy works: Top ICMR scientist on why India changed treatment protocol
3 years, 7 months ago

Not enough evidence to prove plasma therapy works: Top ICMR scientist on why India changed treatment protocol

India Today  

The Centre on Monday revised the clinical guidance for Covid-19 treatment, dropping the off-label use of convalescent plasma from the treatment protocol for adult patients. Dr Samiran Panda, Indian Council of Medical Research scientist who was also a part of the panel that dropped plasma therapy from Covid-19 management guidelines, told India Today that the decision was taken since anecdotal …

Why government has dropped plasma therapy for Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Why government has dropped plasma therapy for Covid-19

India Today  

India has officially removed the use of convalescent plasma, popularly known as the plasma therapy, on Covid-19 patients from its clinical management guidelines for the disease. The previous guidelines allowed “off label” use of plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients during moderate stage within seven days of the onset of symptoms. WHY GOVERNMENT DROPPED PLASMA THERAPY Many a time, the prescription …

Found Ineffective, Plasma Therapy No Longer Recommended For Covid-19 Treatment
3 years, 7 months ago

Found Ineffective, Plasma Therapy No Longer Recommended For Covid-19 Treatment

News 18  

Days after various studies and expert panels suggested that plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients was found ineffective in reducing the progression to severe disease or death, the treatment protocol has been dropped from the clinical management guidelines, sources said. In the letter, which was also marked to ICMR chief Balram Bhargava and AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, public health professionals alleged …

Govt removes plasma therapy as treatment for Covid-19 among adults
3 years, 7 months ago

Govt removes plasma therapy as treatment for Covid-19 among adults

India Today  

A government-appointed task force on Covid-19 on Monday removed plasma therapy from the treatment protocol for adult Covid-19 patients. In the revised clinical guidelines for management of adult Covid-19 patients, use of convalescent plasma therapy has been removed even as an 'off label treatment. Until now, India's Covid-19 treatment protocol allowed 'off label' use of convalescent plasma therapy but only …

COVID-19: Plasma therapy not found effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19: Plasma therapy not found effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines

Firstpost  

The present guidelines allows ‘off label’ use of plasma therapy at the stage of early moderate disease, that is, within seven days of the onset of symptoms New Delhi: Plasma therapy on COVID-19 patients has not been found effective in reducing the progression to severe disease or death and is likely to be dropped from the clinical management guidelines, sources …

Plasma therapy not effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines on Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Plasma therapy not effective, likely to be dropped from clinical management guidelines on Covid-19

India Today  

Plasma therapy on Covid-19 patients has not been found effective in reducing the progression to severe disease or death and is likely to be dropped from the clinical management guidelines, sources said. In the letter, which was also marked to ICMR chief Balram Bhargava and AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, public health professionals alleged that the current guidelines on plasma therapy …

Stop irrational use of plasma, may develop more virulent strains of Covid, warn experts
3 years, 7 months ago

Stop irrational use of plasma, may develop more virulent strains of Covid, warn experts

India Today  

A group of doctors, public health officials and experts have written to the Centre’s principal scientific advisor along with the AIIMS chief and ICMR chief, raising concerns over the “irrational and non-scientific use of convalescent plasma for Covid-19”. The letter addressed to Principal Scientific Advisor Dr Vijay Raghavan says, “We are writing to you as concerned clinicians, public health professionals …

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'Was shocked when a person demanded Rs 1 lakh for plasma'
3 years, 8 months ago

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'Was shocked when a person demanded Rs 1 lakh for plasma'

Firstpost  

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time. Some said they were preserving blood for sick relatives who might need convalescent plasma therapy …

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says
3 years, 8 months ago

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says

Dutch News  

The percentage of blood donors with antibodies against coronavirus rose from 21% to 32% within the last month, blood donation company Sanquin said on Tuesday. This is the highest increase since Sanquin started monitoring coronavirus antibodies in blood donations. ‘At the same time, we see that the antibodies in donors aged 18-30 are also steadily increasing, to over 30%, but …

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says
3 years, 8 months ago

Over 30% now have coronavirus antibodies, blood donation agency says

Dutch News  

The percentage of blood donors with antibodies against coronavirus rose from 21% to 32% within the last month, blood donation company Sanquin said on Tuesday. This is the highest increase since Sanquin started monitoring coronavirus antibodies in blood donations. ‘At the same time, we see that the antibodies in donors aged 18-30 are also steadily increasing, to over 30%, but …

Fact Check: Old list of blood donors circulated as plasma donors for Covid patients
3 years, 8 months ago

Fact Check: Old list of blood donors circulated as plasma donors for Covid patients

India Today  

As India is battling a renewed surge in Covid-19 cases, several states are witnessing a shortage of plasma from recovered patients. In 2016, a Facebook page named BLOOD DONORS shared the same list as from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Even in 2020, after the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in India, the same list had gone viral, claiming to be of …

Convalescent Plasma Strikes Out As COVID-19 Treatment
3 years, 10 months ago

Convalescent Plasma Strikes Out As COVID-19 Treatment

NPR  

Convalescent Plasma Strikes Out As COVID-19 Treatment Enlarge this image toggle caption Karen Ducey/Getty Images Karen Ducey/Getty Images More than half a million Americans have received an experimental treatment for COVID-19 called convalescent plasma. Sponsor Message She recalls thinking, "we have this new disease that didn't have any known therapies, and convalescent plasma has been used in new epidemic and …

Study shows Covid-19 evolved during treatment, convalescent plasma therapy patients had UK mutant
3 years, 11 months ago

Study shows Covid-19 evolved during treatment, convalescent plasma therapy patients had UK mutant

India Today  

A recent study has revealed that the dominant variant of the novel coronavirus or Covid-19 that emerged in patients after the convalescent plasma therapy possessed a mutation that is also present in the one first discovered in the UK. ".data reveal strong selection on SARS-CoV-2 during convalescent plasma therapy associated with the emergence of viral variants with evidence of reduced …

Covid research: Convalescent plasma trial paused as results poor
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid research: Convalescent plasma trial paused as results poor

Daily Mail  

Injecting critically ill coronavirus patients with the blood of survivors does not boost their chances of getting better, a major study has found. Scientists running the REMAP-CAP trial have stopped enrolling infected ICU patients after finding 'no evidence' convalescent plasma therapy boosted survival rates. Health Secretary Matt Hancock donated his blood after recovering from coronavirus in March A clinical trial …

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
4 years ago

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. on the order of the …

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection
4 years ago

Studies find having COVID-19 may protect against reinfection

Associated Press  

Two new studies give encouraging evidence that having COVID-19 may offer some protection against future infections. on the order of the same kind of protection you’d get from an effective vaccine,” of getting the virus again, said Dr. Ned Sharpless, director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Among the 1,265 who had coronavirus antibodies at the outset, only two had …

Coronavirus | ICMR warns against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus | ICMR warns against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy

The Hindu  

The Indian Council of Medical Research has warned against indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy for treating COVID-19. On Wednesday, it released report of an open-label phase II multicentre randomised controlled trial conducted across 39 public and private hospitals on the use of CPT in management of cases with moderate infection. The report concluded that the therapy “did not lead …

Indiscriminate Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Covid Patients Not Advisable, Warns ICMR
4 years, 1 month ago

Indiscriminate Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Covid Patients Not Advisable, Warns ICMR

News 18  

The country's apex health research body, ICMR, has issued an advisory statingthat indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus infected patients is not advisable. In an "Evidence Based Advisory to address Inappropriate Use of Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19 Patients", the Indian Council of Medical Research said that a potential donor for convalescent plasma should have sufficient concentration of antibody …

Indiscriminate Use of Plasma Therapy Not Advisable: ICMR
4 years, 1 month ago

Indiscriminate Use of Plasma Therapy Not Advisable: ICMR

The Quint  

Experts in India have long called out the lack of evidence to support this treatment. Speaking to FIT, Dr Sumit Ray, Senior consultant of Critical Care Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, said, “The theoretical benefit of plasma therapy is in helping boost immunity if not enough is developed in the patient. But, the problem with COVID-19 is not of an inadequate …

Dutch Covid medicine made from blood plasma ready for use
4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch Covid medicine made from blood plasma ready for use

NL Times  

Blood bank Sanquin and plasma producer Sanquin Plasma Products produced 4 thousand doses of Covid-19 antibody treatment made from the blood plasma of recovered patients. The plasma medicine will first go towards preventing coronavirus infections in people with weakened immune systems, such as cancer patients and people who have just undergone an organ transplant. Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public …

Treatment Protocols Being Reassessed 10 Months into Covid-19 Pandemic, Focus on Aspirin as Potential Drug
4 years, 2 months ago

Treatment Protocols Being Reassessed 10 Months into Covid-19 Pandemic, Focus on Aspirin as Potential Drug

News 18  

“From today, aspirin will be investigated in the world’s largest clinical trial of treatments for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. The Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 therapy trial is taking place in 176 hospital sites across the UK, and has so far recruited over 16,000 patients,” read the RECOVERY Trial’s web information page on Aspirin. This is the newest entrant in the …

The plasma dead end?
4 years, 2 months ago

The plasma dead end?

India Today  

Since ILBS Hospital, in New Delhi, inaugurated its plasma bank in early July, requests have poured in ceaselessly. Many examples of adverse reactions and the inability of plasma treatment to reduce Covid mortality have been recorded in the ICMR’s PLACID trial too. As a result, the ICMR has announced the possibility of removing convalescent plasma therapy as one of the …

Plasma Therapy Doesn't Reduce COVID Mortality: ICMR Study in BMJ
4 years, 2 months ago

Plasma Therapy Doesn't Reduce COVID Mortality: ICMR Study in BMJ

The Quint  

In India, the treatment first made news in mid-April when a patient in Delhi received experimental plasma therapy and was weaned off from ventilator support. Delhi’s Max Hospital gave a 49-year-old male COVID-19 patient plasma treatment on compassionate grounds. In the experimental treatment, antibodies from the blood of patients who have recovered from coronavirus are given to those battling the …

Navi Mumbai gets its first post COVID-19 care clinic
4 years, 2 months ago

Navi Mumbai gets its first post COVID-19 care clinic

The Hindu  

Navi Mumbai’s first post COVID-19 care clinic was opened at Apollo Hospital on Tuesday. “The post-COVID-19 recovery clinics will treat people with mid- and long-term effects of the infection,” said Santosh Marathe, COO & Unit Head, Apollo Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, said. The post-COVID-19 syndrome is adding to this disease load and if not addressed, it will lead to a rise …

’Plasma therapy has saved lives of many including mine’: Jain on ICMR’s decision
4 years, 2 months ago

’Plasma therapy has saved lives of many including mine’: Jain on ICMR’s decision

Live Mint  

Delhi health minister Satyender Jain on Wednesday said that plasma therapy treatment has saved lives of many from the novel coronavirus in the past months, after the Indian Council of Medical Research on Tuesday said that it considers removing it from Covid-19 national treatment protocol. "Lives of more than 2000 people, including mine, have been saved through plasma therapy, so …

ICMR may remove plasma therapy from Covid-19 treatment guidelines
4 years, 2 months ago

ICMR may remove plasma therapy from Covid-19 treatment guidelines

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The government is planning to delete convalescent plasma therapy from the national guidelines for covid-19 treatment after the Indian Council of Medical Research’s clinical trial showed that the therapy did not significantly benefit patients suffering from the disease, ICMR DG Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday. ICMR, which is the government’s apex bio-medical research agency, had conducted a 464 …

Male, elderly patients with severe COVID-19 may have higher levels of antibodies in their plasma, reveals study
4 years, 2 months ago

Male, elderly patients with severe COVID-19 may have higher levels of antibodies in their plasma, reveals study

Firstpost  

Scientists said that a possible explanation for this could be that due to severe disease, the inflammatory response in the body gets accelerated, recruiting more B-cells to fight the infection. This consequently results in more antibody production In the absence of definitive treatment for COVID-19, doctors are working on repurposing drugs to manage symptoms, reduce disease severity and using plasma …

The Rise & Fall of Plasma Therapy as COVID-19 Treatment in India
4 years, 2 months ago

The Rise & Fall of Plasma Therapy as COVID-19 Treatment in India

The Quint  

On a daily basis, one gets at least two to three messages of desperate family members searching for a plasma donor for their loved ones battling COVID-19. Delhi set up a plasma bank in June to cater to the increasing demand of COVID-19 patients, with several states following the example. In June, the Union Health Ministry, in their clinical guidelines …

What are the treatment options for COVID-19?
4 years, 2 months ago

What are the treatment options for COVID-19?

Associated Press  

What are the treatment options for COVID-19? Here’s what’s advised for various patients: -- Not hospitalized or hospitalized but not needing extra oxygen: No specific drugs recommended, and a warning against using steroids. -- Hospitalized and needing extra oxygen but not a breathing machine: The antiviral drug remdesivir, given through an IV, and in some cases also a steroid. However, …

In recovering COVID-19 patients, antibodies fade quickly: Study
4 years, 2 months ago

In recovering COVID-19 patients, antibodies fade quickly: Study

Live Mint  

Antibody levels in the blood of COVID-19 patients drop rapidly during the weeks after their bodies have cleared the novel coronavirus, and symptoms have subsided, according to a study. However, recovering patients can't donate blood until at least 14 days after symptoms have subsided, to give the body time to clear viral particles. "But at the same time, our work …

Coronavirus antibodies from blood plasma donations start to fade three months after symptoms start
4 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus antibodies from blood plasma donations start to fade three months after symptoms start

Daily Mail  

Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. Convalescent plasma therapy is when the liquid portion of blood is taken from a recovered COVID-19 patients and transferred …

Miscreants Posing as Plasma Donors Defraud Desperate Families of Covid-19 Patients in Bengaluru
4 years, 3 months ago

Miscreants Posing as Plasma Donors Defraud Desperate Families of Covid-19 Patients in Bengaluru

News 18  

In what can be termed as a new low for the humanity, particularly in such times of duress, a ‘plasma donation’ fraud has surfaced in Karnataka’s Bengaluru. Pretending to be plasma donors, the culprits’ modus operandi involves calling up families of coronavirus positive patients, answering requests for plasma donation. Despite a multi-centric study funded by the Indian Council of Medical …

Gurugram Cops Recovered from Covid-19, Now They are Donating Plasma to Patients in Need
4 years, 3 months ago

Gurugram Cops Recovered from Covid-19, Now They are Donating Plasma to Patients in Need

News 18  

Police personnel in Gurugram district who had suffered from Covid-19 and have made a full recovery will donate their plasma to help others combat the deadly virus. This was the first Covid-19 related death involving police personnel in the district. We have spoken to our recovered personnel and they are ready to donate their plasma to help Covid-19 patients recover …

Covid-19: Plasma therapy to start in eight north Bengal districts
4 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19: Plasma therapy to start in eight north Bengal districts

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal government will start plasma therapy for coronavirus disease patients in eight districts in north Bengal next week. Indian Council of Medical Research has allowed convalescent plasma to be used for moderately ill Covid-19 patients. Convalescent plasma therapy involves extraction of plasma from the blood of Covid-19 patients four weeks after they have been cured of their viral …

Now the COVID poor are selling their plasma to survive
4 years, 3 months ago

Now the COVID poor are selling their plasma to survive

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Financial hardships are forcing some plasma donors to demand more money from COVID-19 infected patients in several parts of Andhra Pradesh. In a recent case at Indian Red Cross Society’s blood bank in Nellore, a voluntary donor expressed his interest to donate his plasma and when the authorities informed him that he would get Rs 5,000 as financial incentive …

Recovered Covid patients could be reinfected within a year: Amsterdam researchers
4 years, 3 months ago

Recovered Covid patients could be reinfected within a year: Amsterdam researchers

NL Times  

One year after a coronavirus infection, and maybe even earlier, a person can become infected with the same virus again, Amsterdam UMC researchers concluded based on research into the four known and harmless seasonal coronaviruses. The researchers looked at blood samples from a group of healthy people, who had blood drawn every three to six months since the 1980s, checking …

People Who Dine Out at Restaurants are Twice as Likely to Catch Covid-19, Finds Study
4 years, 3 months ago

People Who Dine Out at Restaurants are Twice as Likely to Catch Covid-19, Finds Study

News 18  

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. SEVERE COVID-19 LESS COMMON IN PATIENTS WITH GI SYMPTOMS People with gastrointestinal symptoms related to the new coronavirus, like diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, may be significantly less likely to …

Delhi to Continue Plasma Therapy for Coronavirus Patients Despite ICMR Study Showing No Benefit
4 years, 4 months ago

Delhi to Continue Plasma Therapy for Coronavirus Patients Despite ICMR Study Showing No Benefit

News 18  

Covid-19 patients in national capital will continue to be treated with blood plasma donated by survivors of the novel coronavirus, Delhi’s health minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday despite clinical trials not proving whether plasma therapy can help people fighting the infection. A trial conducted across 39 hospitals in India and spearheaded by the Indian Council of Medical Research found …

Coronavirus | Plasma therapy didn’t help COVID-19 patients: ICMR
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus | Plasma therapy didn’t help COVID-19 patients: ICMR

The Hindu  

Convalescent plasma therapy failed to benefit coronavirus patients, the largest trial conducted across 39 hospitals in India and spearheaded by the Indian Council of Medical Research found. The trial spanning April-July enrolled 464 hospitalised patients with “moderate” COVID-19 and administered convalescent plasma — antibodies derived from plasma filtered from the blood of those who have recovered from COVID-19 — on …

Coronavirus: Plasma therapy not beneficial in reducing mortality, shows ICMR study
4 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus: Plasma therapy not beneficial in reducing mortality, shows ICMR study

The Hindu  

Convalescent plasma therapy failed to benefit coronavirus patients, the largest trial conducted across 39 hospitals in India and spearheaded by the Indian Council of Medical Research found. The trial spanning April-July enrolled 464 hospitalised patients with “moderate” COVID-19 and administered convalescent plasma — antibodies derived from plasma filtered from the blood of those who have recovered from COVID-19 — on …

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