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Category: Convalescent plasma

Posted on December 22, 2020December 24, 2020

How the new coronavirus variant quickly accumulated 17 mutations

According to a preliminary report posted on December 19 by the COG-UK Consortium scientists, as of December 15, 1,623 variant genomes have been sequenced. In a December 21 tweet, COG-UK…

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Posted on August 24, 2020August 24, 2020

FDA grants emergency use authorisation for convalescent plasma, experts express concern

FDA grants emergency use authorisation for convalescent plasma even in the absence of evidence from randomised, controlled trial. Mr. Trump, FDA Commissioner and Secretary of Health and Human Services made…

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Posted on August 15, 2020August 16, 2020

SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity prevents recurrent severe COVID-19 disease

The immune system elicits robust, broad and highly functional memory T cell responses once a person is infected with novel coronavirus. T cells were found even in the absence of…

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Posted on June 20, 2020

Antibodies from convalescent plasma protects against COVID-19

The researchers found passive transfer of neutralising antibodies isolated from convalescent plasma into Syrian hamsters protect the animals against the disease when exposed to the virus and also protects hamsters…

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Posted on May 12, 2020

Plasma therapy: In a welcome change, ICMR insists on evidence-based approach

ICMR’s insistence on an evidence-based approach to plasma therapy is a welcome change and is in stark contrast to the cavalier manner in which it approved hydroxychloroquine as a prophylaxis…

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Posted on April 11, 2020

COVID-19: Younger patients develop less neutralising antibodies

About 30% of patients with mild symptoms failed to develop high amounts of neutralising antibodies even after recovering from COVID-19 disease. If natural infection with novel coronavirus does not elicit…

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Posted on February 15, 2020

Convalescent plasma therapy tested on critically ill COVID-19 patients

A pharma company in China is testing convalescent plasma therapy to treat critically sick COVID-19 patients. So far, 13 patients have been treated and some improvements in clinical symptoms have…

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Posted on January 17, 2016June 11, 2016

Key science developments to look forward to in 2015

The year 2015 is likely to see some key science developments. The one that most people are eagerly looking forward to is the development of an effective and efficacious Ebola…

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