ICMR to review use of plasma therapy in Covid treatmentAt present, plasma therapy is an investigational therapy permitted “off label” — meaning, for use outside trial settings. However, ICMR’s o...
12 May, 2021, 06.50 AM IST
COVID-19: Experts caution against 'irrational and non-scientific use' of convalescent plasmaThe public health professionals said the current evidence on plasma therapy in COVID-19 and the ICMR guidelines are not based on the existi...
11 May, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
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
COVID-19 plasma therapy has shown little benefit in patients in India, study findsThe study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) involved 464 adults with moderate COVID-19 who were admitted to hospitals in Indi...
23 Oct, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
Plasma therapy may be safe, effective for children with life-threatening Covid infectionThe study involved four patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
09 Sep, 2020, 06.33 PM IST
WHO cautious on COVID-19 plasma as U.S. issues emergency authorizationSo-called convalescent plasma, which has long been used to treat diseases, has emerged as the latest political flashpoint in the race to fi...
24 Aug, 2020, 09.01 PM 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
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
Scientists are now testing if survivor plasma can prevent Covid-19Thousands of coronavirus patients in hospitals around the world have been treated with so-called convalescent plasma.
12 Jun, 2020, 06.17 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
AIIMS planning to conduct clinical trial of plasma therapyAIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said the mode of treatment in COVID-19 is still at an "experimental stage" and there is a need for good a...
29 Apr, 2020, 10.51 AM IST
99 institutes willing to take part in clinical trial of plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatment: ICMRConvalescent plasma is an experimental procedure for COVID-19 patients. As per the guidelines, hospitals and institutions planning to provi...
19 Apr, 2020, 08.54 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
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
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
'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