More people now able to donate plasma TGA approves ‘plasma pathway’, which is expected to see an increase of 14,000 donations per year and allows MSM to donate.
Potential blood donation changes for MSM A shift to indivdual risk assessments has been floated, as has allowing men who have sex with men to donate plasma.
Convalescent plasma ‘potentially effective’ against COVID-19: Research But experts advise against ‘cherry picking’ results from a small study, saying randomised controlled trials are still needed.
Australian COVID-19 trials add convalescent plasma as a treatment The plasma of recovered patients could be an additional therapy for people with the virus.
Wanted: Plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients GPs are being called on to help with a treatment for worsening coronavirus patients using antibodies from people who have recovered from the virus.