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Curing with blood: the rise and fall of COVID convalescent plasma therapy

Sydney: Early in the pandemic, scientists thought convalescent plasma might be a way to treat COVID-19. By giving patients the plasma of people who had recovered (or convalesced) from COVID-19, the idea was this antibody-rich infusion would help their immune systems fight infection. It’s a strategy tried, with various degrees of success, for other infectious […]