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...
17 Apr, 2021, 11.15 AM 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
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
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.
03 Jul, 2020, 05.29 PM IST
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.
06 Jun, 2020, 10.30 AM 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
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
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...
22 Apr, 2020, 11.18 AM IST
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,...
17 Apr, 2020, 09.22 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
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
'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
- 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...
08 Oct, 2008, 09.30 PM IST