PARIS (AFP) - France is to begin clinical trials involving transfusions of blood plasma from coronavirus survivors into patients who have severe symptoms in a bid to treat the illness, the institutions involved said on Saturday (April 4).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - France is to begin clinical trials involving transfusions of blood plasma from coronavirus survivors into patients who have severe symptoms in a bid to treat the illness, the institutions involved said on Saturday .
Plasma, the fluid in blood that is teeming with antibodies post-illness, has already proven effective in small studies to treat infectious diseases including Ebola and Sars. "This clinical trial involves the transfusion of plasma from patients who have recovered from Covid-19, containing antibodies against the virus, and who could transfer this immunity to a patient suffering from Covid-19," it said.
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