Indiscriminate use of convalescent plasma therapy in COVID patients not advisable: ICMRIn an "Evidence Based Advisory to address Inappropriate Use of Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19 Patients", the Indian Council of Medical Res...
18 Nov, 2020, 03.41 PM IST
Convalescent plasma therapy on Covid patients not helpful in reducing mortality: ICMR studyThe development has the potential to disrupt the existing CV programmes in India. India particularly has gone big on promoting plasma thera...
10 Sep, 2020, 06.48 AM IST
No benefit of plasma therapy in reducing COVID-19 mortality risk, says AIIMS trial interim analysisDuring the trial, one group of patients was given convalescent plasma therapy along with the standard supportive treatment while the other ...
06 Aug, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
Second plasma bank in Kerala set up in Wayanad for treating Covid-19 patientsThe District Medical Officer DrR Renuka, who inaugurated the plasma bank on Sunday, said the convalescent plasma therapy has been found eff...
20 Jul, 2020, 01.41 PM IST
Maharashtra CM launches world's largest convalescent plasma projectThe project, titled 'Platina', is the largest convalescent plasma therapy-cum-trial project in the world.
29 Jun, 2020, 04.01 PM IST
Delhi plasma bank to open in 2 days, says Arvind Kejriwal"I appeal to COVID-19 recovered patients to donate their plasma... Anyone who needs plasma will need a recommendation from a doctor," Kejri...
29 Jun, 2020, 02.24 PM IST
Shortage of donors impacts use of plasma therapyAn initiative to try plasma therapy on critically ill Covid-19 patients has hit a snag due to severe shortage of plasma donors as newly rec...
24 Jun, 2020, 11.15 PM IST
Covid-19 plasma therapy safe, without adverse side effects: StudyThe clinical administration of the blood component plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients to those severely affected by the disease could ...
03 Jun, 2020, 11.56 AM IST
Use of plasma therapy successful, claims Pune hospitalConvalescent Plasma Therapy is an experimental procedure where plasma from the blood of a recovered COVID-19 patient is transfused to a cri...
21 May, 2020, 11.33 PM IST
Plasma therapy 'no magic bullet' against COVID-19; Need large-scale trials to prove efficacy: ExpertsThe therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and transfusing those antibodies into an ...
04 May, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
Convalescent plasma therapy can create life-threatening complications: Govt"ICMR has launched a national-level study to study efficacy of plasma therapy in treatment of COVID 19,"said Lav Agarwal.
29 Apr, 2020, 07.42 AM IST
Reluctant patients to active Covid warriors : These survivors want to donate blood for plasma therapyWhat makes it even more significant is that most of these patients from Vadodara's Nagarwada , who were largely asymptomatic, had initially...
24 Apr, 2020, 04.31 PM IST
Delhi to use plasma technique for covid treatment on trial basisOn April 13, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had sought participation of researchers for conducting clinical trial of convale...
15 Apr, 2020, 06.49 PM IST
View: The ‘Covid-19 vaccine’ buzz should silence the anti-vaccination lobbiesThe western societies which had led the smear campaign are those turning most fervently to the same labs for deliverance. Hope has taken th...
12 Apr, 2020, 11.16 PM IST
India in final stages of framing protocols for clinical trial of plasma therapy, says ICMRKerala is set to become the first state in the country to commence the therapy to treat those critically-ill on a trial basis. The ICMR is ...
10 Apr, 2020, 03.29 PM IST
Convalescent Plasma Therapy holds promise for Covid-19 patientsIn Convalescent Plasma Therapy, plasma from a COVID-19 recovered patient is transfused into an infected patient. The antibodies present in ...
09 Apr, 2020, 10.24 AM IST
'Blood-based therapy may treat Ebola'Clinical trials of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) have started in Liberia, and are due to begin soon in Guinea and Sierra Leone.
26 Dec, 2014, 04.28 PM IST