Covid-19: Convalescent Plasma No Benefit Over Placebo for Severe Disease
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No efficacy in Covid-19…
Does convalescent plasma work against COVID-19? Who knows?
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Last night, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19, even though there…
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Convalescent Plasma Treatment for COVID-19 under Clinical Trial
Kolabtree Blog,
Mahasweta Pal, freelance medical writer at Kolabtree, writes about ongoing clinical trials to test the efficacy of convalescent…
Coronavirus research updates: Lockdowns are a powerful tool against the pandemic
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8 May — Lockdowns are a powerful tool against the pandemic Lockdowns and other distancing measures have had resounding success…
COVID-19: Convalescent Plasma
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Quest for coronavirus treatment inspires modern twist on antique technique using survivors’ plasma
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Covid-19: Do Antibodies Confer Immunity?
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Yes, but for how long? The devil is in the details. The consensus among those studying the immune response to SARS-CoV-2…
Can I see your #MSCOVID19 paper?
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I few days ago I mentioned not wanting to review someones COVID-19 and MS review, because it was missing published information…
UK to trial coronavirus treatments using blood from survivors
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Two clinical trials aim to give transfusions to ailing patients to bolster immune systemsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all…
Several Drugs Are Being Tested as COVID-19 Treatments. Here's What We Know So Far
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Reducing mortality of Covid-19 with antibody-rich plasma? Europe may have the answer if it comes together
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Michel Kazatchkine (Special Advisor to the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia)…
Reducing mortality of COVID-19 with antibody-rich plasma? Europe may have the answer if it comes together
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Michel Kazatchkine (Special Advisor to the Joint United Nations Program on AIDS (UNAIDS) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia)…
#MSCovid19. The importance of B cells
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I have been looking at the immune response and how it is used to deal with the virus and how it may be involved in the adverse…
The Weekly Corona with Dr. Raquel Lamarche
Physician's Weekly,
The following was originally posted by Jasmine Marcelin, MD, to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of…
Covid-19 Antibody Update for April 8
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Let’s do an update on the antibody situation in this epidemic (a bit of antibody/immunology background here if you would like…
Trial to Test Convalescent Antibodies for Covid-19
Science and Enterprise,
Scanning electron microscope image of SARS-Cov-2 virus, in orange, emerging from cells (NIAID, Flickr) 7 April 2020. A group of…
Blood Is the Next Critical Tool In the Coronavirus Fight. Here’s Why
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I’ve been sick for the past week. The symptoms match up with coronavirus infection. But like many people in the US, because they…
Plasma from coronavirus survivors found to help severely ill patients
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Blood transfusion studies by teams in China report striking improvementsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus…
Trials of Plasma From Recovered Covid-19 Patients Have Begun
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US Food and Drug Administration officials approved nationwide tests of two treatments, both derived from the blood of people…
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—3 April 2020
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Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals. Uninformed on both sides of the…
COVID-19: top four science stories of the week
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The latest scientific developments relating to COVID-19 and what they can tell us about the virus, its transmission, its…
Antibodies in the blood of COVID-19 survivors know how to beat coronavirus – and researchers are already testing new treatments that harness them
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A person who has recovered from COVID-19 donates plasma in Shandong, China. STR/AFP via Getty…
Can the blood of coronavirus survivors save the lives of others?
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Donated blood from COVID-19 survivors could be an effective treatment in helping others fight the illness – and should be…
This treatment could save your life – COVID-19 and Convalescent Plasma Therapy
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Ajay…
How a century-old blood therapy turned into a new way to fight COVID-19
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Last week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the experimental use of blood from recovered COVID-19 subjects as…
Coronavirus survivors’ blood plasma could be used to fight infection
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Patients, carers and NHS staff could receive experimental antibody treatment Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our…
There Are No Coronavirus Treatments Or Vaccines. Survivors Of COVID-19 May Hold The Key: Their Blood.
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This week, researchers in New York City started collecting blood from COVID-19 survivors. The hope is that their immunity can…
Survivors Of COVID-19 May Hold The Key For Everyone Else — In Their Blood
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This week, researchers in New York City started collecting blood from COVID-19 survivors. The hope is that their immunity can…
Hospitals in NYC will start testing therapy using plasma of those infected
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Enlarge / The machine at right can separate out blood plasma and simultaneously return red blood cells to the donor. (credit…