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plasma therapy news

What to do if your body is resisting cancer treatment?

Cancer treatments are failing but these new innovations could be the answer!
Updated on Feb 08, 2025 05:48 pm IST

Millionaire wants to give away a bag of his age-reversal plasma: 'Who wants it?'

The tech millionaire revealed that he has now upgraded and will no longer inject his son's blood.
Updated on Jan 29, 2025 07:59 pm IST

Anti-ageing plasma exchange: Risk factors, other things to know about blood swap

Anti-ageing plasma exchange: Risk factors, complications, lifestyle tweaks of blood swap
Published on Jun 14, 2023 06:37 pm IST

Convalescent plasma did not stop Covid-19 progression, show NIH trial results

A healthcare workers collect plasma samples from patients who recovered from Covid-19 in Mumbai.
Published on Aug 19, 2021 03:16 pm IST

Milind Soman on not being able to donate plasma in Mumbai: ‘Felt a bit sad’

Milind Soman on not being able to donate plasma: ‘Felt a bit sad’
Updated on May 17, 2021 01:43 pm IST

ICMR Covid-19 task force to meet on Friday for review of plasma therapy

ICMR had constituted a national task force headed by the director of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Dr Randeep Guleria.
Updated on May 13, 2021 09:04 pm IST

Milind Soman restores shoulder posture with mugdar, gets ready to donate plasma

Milind Soman restores shoulder posture with mugdar, gets ready to donate plasma
Updated on May 03, 2021 11:00 am IST

Blood banks across Bengaluru struggle to find donors for plasma

Stating that the blood bank performed at least 26 plasma apheresis last month, Shariff pointed out that the demand for plasma has gone up in the recent times as compared to the first wave of the pandemic.
Published on Apr 27, 2021 03:54 am IST

Indiscriminate use not advisable: ICMR’s advisory for plasma therapy for Covid-19 patients

BMC health workers collect plasma samples from patients who recovered from Covid-19.
Updated on Nov 18, 2020 12:14 pm IST

Pune hospitals find plasma therapy effective in moderate Covid-19 patients

A health worker takes test tubes with plasma and blood samples after a separation process in a centrifuge during a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination study at the Research Centers of America.
Updated on Oct 26, 2020 03:27 pm IST

Plasma therapy may not be used on patients

BMC health workers collect plasma samples from patients who recovered from Covid-19, They come forward to donate blood for the convalescent plasma therapy at Dharavi in Mumbai.
Updated on Oct 21, 2020 02:33 am IST

Centre considers eliminating plasma therapy from Covid-19 clinical management protocol

Presently, the use of off-label convalescent plasma for treating Covid-19 patients in the moderate stage of the illness is allowed under “investigational therapies”.
Published on Oct 20, 2020 10:54 pm IST

Plasma therapy treatment yields mixed results in Uttarakhand hospitals

A patient donating plasma at Susheela Tiwari Hospital in Nainital district. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sept 24, 2020 10:11 pm IST

Despite unfavourable trial outcome, PGIMER to continue with plasma therapy

PGIMER was one of the centres of the ICMR’s national trial for convalescent plasma therapy.
Published on Sept 12, 2020 11:35 pm IST

Reluctant donors make plasma collection tough at Uttarkhand’s Doon Hospital

Hospital counsellors have been tasked to convince recovered Covid-19 patients to donate plasma, but their efforts have come a cropper to date.
Updated on Sept 01, 2020 05:44 pm IST

‘What Delhi did yesterday, US does today’: Kejriwal on Trump’s plasma therapy announcement

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
Updated on Aug 24, 2020 08:51 pm IST

Latest on Covid-19 research: From immune response to psychiatric risk and plasma therapy

A person wearing a face mask walks through Universal CityWalk Hollywood during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Universal City, California, US.
Updated on Aug 18, 2020 12:42 pm IST

More than 700 have been administered plasma therapy for Covid-19 in Delhi

Convalescent plasma therapy uses the blood component plasma that has virus-fighting antibodies from a patient who has recovered from Covid-19 to a person still fighting the infection to aid their immune system.
Updated on Aug 12, 2020 12:27 am IST

More than 700 have been administered plasma therapy for Covid-19 in Delhi

Convalescent plasma therapy uses the blood component plasma that has virus-fighting antibodies from a patient who has recovered from Covid-19 to a person still fighting the infection to aid their immune system.
Updated on Aug 11, 2020 11:46 pm IST

Plasma therapy only effective if taken on time: Satyendar Jain

Satyendar Jain also spoke about the condition of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence that reportedly had a cracked roof and leakage problems.
Published on Aug 07, 2020 02:53 pm IST

Plasma therapy trial didn’t show benefit in reducing Covid-19 mortality risk: AIIMS

A health worker collects plasma sample from patients who recovered from Covid-19.
Updated on Aug 06, 2020 05:49 pm IST

Hesitant donors impact use of plasma therapy

Blood donated by biologist Abdullah Can Yuce, who has recovered from coronavirus, is processed in a device for being used for plasma therapy to treat other patients.
Published on Jul 19, 2020 04:40 pm IST

Covid-19: Assam to launch plasma donation campaign; airfare, free stay for donors from outside state

A health worker helps another to wear personnel protection equipment before he collects nasal swab samples at a Covid-19 testing centre in Guwahati, Assam.
Updated on Jul 16, 2020 10:20 pm IST

Plasma therapy a ray of hope as Covid-19 patient comes out of ventilator support

With clinical trials on plasma therapy still not over, doctors are reluctant to bet their money on its treatment.
Updated on Jul 13, 2020 07:11 am IST

News updates from Hindustan Times: Plasma therapy saved my life, says Delhi health minister after beating Covid-19 and all the latest news

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain on Monday said plasma therapy saved him from Covid-19 and pledged to donate his plasma.
Published on Jun 29, 2020 09:21 pm IST

Plasma therapy saved my life, says Delhi health minister after beating Covid-19

The Delhi government has been backing plasma therapy as an effective line of treatment for Covid-19.
Updated on Jun 29, 2020 07:57 pm IST

Delhi to get plasma bank to help Covid-19 patients: CM Arvind Kejriwal

It has been observed that plasma therapy, said CM Arvind Kejriwal, helps stabilise respiratory rate of moderate to severe patients and it can save lives
Updated on Jun 29, 2020 02:12 pm IST

Plasma therapy has helped reduce Covid-19 death rate by more than 50% at LNJP Hospital: Delhi CM Kejriwal

Arvind Kejriwal also announced his government is focussing on scaling up ICU beds in the city at the earliest.. (Photo by Biplov Bhuyan/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jun 26, 2020 02:45 pm IST

Kerala: Covid-19 patient recovers after he was administered plasma therapy

This is the first case of successful administration of plasma therapy to treat a critical Covid-19 patient in the state
Updated on Jun 17, 2020 01:01 pm IST