Can you become young again? Tech mogul Bryan Johnson claims "super plasma" helped his father decrease his age by 25 yearsTech millionaire Bryan Johnson took to X, formerly Twitter, to brag about his his “liquid gold” plasma in his latest social media post. He ...
17 Oct, 2024, 09.42 PM IST
PlasmaGen Biosciences raises Rs 225 crore in equity fundingThe Bengaluru-based startup will use the proceeds to boost growth of plasma products. It is also expected to use the corpus to expand its p...
14 Dec, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
Prayagraj Authority asks juice hospital to shut downThe October 19 notice stated that show-cause notices were issued to the hospital owners to earlier to put forth their views. Since no one c...
26 Oct, 2022, 11.25 PM IST
Contrary to popular belief, blood plasma therapy doesn't help seriously ill Covid patientsIn intubation, a tube is inserted into the windpipe to make it easier to breath.
13 Sep, 2021, 05.40 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
US halt to plasma therapy brings a severe jolt to treatment plans in IndiaThe study on plasma therapy by the ICMR is still ongoing, and the results will be shared on completion of the study. The ambiguity, experts...
21 Aug, 2020, 06.56 AM IST
Kanika Kapoor offers to donate plasma for treating Covid-19 patients, gives blood sample for testingKapoor had tested positive for novel coronavirus on March 20.
28 Apr, 2020, 12.25 PM IST
Kanika Kapoor offers to donate plasma for treating COVID-19 patientsBollywood singer Kanika Kapoor has offered to donate her plasma for treating coronavirus patients. She has given her blood sample for testi...
27 Apr, 2020, 08.26 PM IST
Lucknow hospital begins plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 positive patientsThe doctor from Orai in Uttar Pradesh was administered the plasma donated by a woman doctor from Canada who was the first COVID-19 patient ...
27 Apr, 2020, 03.57 PM IST
Karnataka hospital starts plasma therapy trials for Covid-19 patientsThe state medical education minister thanked the Covid-19 survivor who volunteered to donate his blood for the Covalescent Plasma Therapy (...
25 Apr, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
Plasma therapy: Getting donors is challenging, say officialsA Mumbai civic official said till Tuesday, only a couple of persons came forward to donate blood for the therapy, even as nearly 500 people...
23 Apr, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
In search for a cure, government set to start blood plasma trialsMove comes after Kerala used this approach. ICMR may release protocol in a couple of days. The convalescent plasma therapy works on the sci...
11 Apr, 2020, 07.13 AM IST
Kerala to start clinical trial of plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatmentThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given its nod to the state government for the first of its kind project, initiated by the...
09 Apr, 2020, 08.36 PM IST
Houston hospital first in US to try coronavirus blood transfusion therapyThe individual, who has been in good health for more than two weeks since being diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus, donated the blood pl...
29 Mar, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
6 lakh litres of blood wasted in five years due to lack of coordination between blood banks and hospitalsMaharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu were among the worst offenders, discarding not just whole blood but even red blood cel...
24 Apr, 2017, 08.43 AM IST
Government allows transfer of blood from one blood bank to anotherTransfer of blood from one blood bank to another has now been allowed, a move that will help take it to places of scarcity to save lives.
19 Oct, 2015, 03.09 PM IST
- Piramal Healthcare buys PlasmaSelect
Ajay Piramal-promoted Piramal Healthcare on Wednesday said it has acquired Germany-based PlasmaSelect AG's, polygeline-based blood plasma p...
03 Jul, 2008, 01.37 AM IST