Doctors are turning to an old idea for treating COVID-19: using plasma from recovered patients to treat those infected with the coronavirus. The approach has been around since the 1890s — and was used more recently to treat SARS and Ebola.
After a period of quarantine at home separated from her children, Tiffany Pinckney recovered from COVID-19. She has become one of the country's first volunteer donors of plasma as part of an experiment to treat COVID-19 patients.After a period of quarantine at home separated from her children, Tiffany Pinckney recovered from COVID-19. She has become one of the country's first volunteer donors of plasma as part of an experiment to treat COVID-19 patients.
To facilitate that approach, a consortium of 50 hospitals and universities have created the National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project. This week, the Project launched afor patients, health care providers and potential donors. The idea is to provide"one-stop shopping" for people interested in getting information about using the approach.
The idea is fairly straightforward: patients who have recovered from the virus must have mounted a robust immune response to the infection. Sharing the antibodies from that immune response that linger in their plasma could help others recover.
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