The convalescent plasma therapy, which takes antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from a virus and transfuses those antibodies into a person sick with that virus, has long been used as a way to help kickstart a person’s immune system.
Coronavirus: What is convalescent plasma therapy?
The therapy, which takes antibodies from the blood of a person who has recovered from a virus and transfuses those antibodies into a person sick with that virus, has long been used as a way to help kickstart a person’s immune system.
Since the March 24 FDA approval, 11 critically ill COVID-19 patients in New York City and Houston received experimental treatment using convalescent care. The results of those cases have not been reported yet.
The therapy has also been used in other parts of the world.
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