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What is shelf-stable synthetic blood? The scientific advancement that could transform battlefield and emergency careA revolutionary synthetic blood is nearing human trials. This freeze-dried product can be stored for years at room temperature. It can be r...
Bryan Johnson’s bloodless experiment to 'live forever': What is behind the billionaire biohacker’s plasma purge?In a bold new twist on his quest for eternal youth, longevity crusader Bryan Johnson has undergone a full plasma replacement, swapping his ...
Meet the US billionaire, Bryan Johnson, who spends $2 mn per year to stay youngTech billionaire Bryan Johnson reportedly spends $2 million per year to keep himself young. He takes 111 supplements daily, gets plasma tra...
Not all Covid patients need plasma therapy, say doctors amid shortagePlasma therapy involves taking antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from Covid-19 and transfusing it into a novel corona...
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...
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 ...
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni lauds husband for donating plasma, Neetu Kapoor hopes it inspires others to do the sameSahni posted a picture of her husband at the hospital.
Bengaluru's second patient treated with plasma therapy recoversThe city reported the first case of recovery of a Covid-19 patient who was administered convalescent plasma therapy at Victoria Hospital.
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 ...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
Bengaluru’s HCG hospital gets nod for plasma therapy clinical trialsThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the health ministry, approved the proposal after the Indian Council of Medic...
Punjab govt gives nod to plasma therapy to treat COVID-19 patientThe Punjab government has given its go-ahead to the hospital to conduct plasma therapy on Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Ludhiana,...
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 ...
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.
'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.
- Govt approves setting up of Plasma Fractionation Centre
Government on Wednesday approved setting up of Plasma Fractionation Centre at a cost of Rs 185 crore as part of the National AIDS Control P...