Plasma from recovered COVID patients works better if it has more antibodies
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COVID patients who receive blood plasma with higher SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels had a lower risk of death than those who received plasma with lower antibody levels, according to US research. This sort of treatment, known as convalescent plasma, has been widely used to treat COVID-19, and it involved using blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to treat current patients, in the hope that the plasma contains potentially therapeutic antibodies that can be passed on the patient.
Journal/conference: New England Journal of Medicine
Link to research (DOI): 10.1056/NEJMoa2031893
Organisation/s: Mayo Clinic, USA
Funder: Funded by the Department of Health and Human Services and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04338360
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