Plasma
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Kanika Kapoor on donating plasma: Want to do what I can to help
Celebrities | Apr 27, 2020, 08:42 PM ISTConfirming the news to India TV, Kanika Kapoor said, "Yes this morning I called the hospital to tell them that I want to give my blood and plasma for research or helping others if possible. I want to do what I can to help".
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It took only 99 minutes to donate plasma, says donor
India | Apr 27, 2020, 07:10 PM ISTWith COVID-19 rapidly spreading across the country, the discovery of a vaccine is the only escape from the pandemic. Health warriors have explored convalescent plasma therapy as a preventive measure to fight the novel coronavirus.
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COVID-19: First patient treated with plasma therapy in Delhi recovers, discharged
India | Apr 27, 2020, 05:35 PM ISTThe first COVID-19 patient, who was administered convalescent plasma therapy at Max Hospital in Delhi's Saket, has recovered. He was discharged on Sunday.
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EXCLUSIVE: Know from experts how plasma therapy is helpful in fight against COVID-19
Health | Apr 26, 2020, 02:54 PM ISTIn a special segment with experts, doctors, and plasma donors on India TV, know everything about how this new plasma therapy is turning out to be helpful and efficient in the fight against COVID-19.
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Plasma therapy trials to treat coronavirus patients begin in Karnataka
India | Apr 25, 2020, 06:00 PM ISTThe Karnataka government on Saturday commenced clinical trials of convalescent plasma therapy to treat coronavirus patients in critical condition.
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Recovered Muslim COVID-19 patients ready to donate plasma
India | Apr 23, 2020, 08:38 PM ISTOver forty Muslim coronavirus patients who were discharged from a hospital in Vadodara in Gujarat on Thursday have agreed to donate their blood plasma for the treatment of others, a community leader said.
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UP CM asks medical authorities to examine plasma therapy in COVID-19 treatment, promote its use
India | Apr 21, 2020, 10:52 PM ISTUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yog Adityanath on Tuesday asked the state's medical authorities to promote plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 patients after examining its efficacy.
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Stabbing at US plasma donation centre, suspect held
World | Jul 05, 2019, 09:16 AM ISTPetersburg Police Chief Kenneth Miller on Thursday said at a press conference that the police arrested an unidentified suspect at the Octapharma Plasma Center after the attack, Xinhua reported citing a US media outlet. One person is in custody after several people have been stabbed at a plasma donation centre in Petersburg, in the US state of Virginia, the media reported.
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Scientists hope to create sun like energy
India | Apr 21, 2015, 11:15 AM ISTAhmedabad: A Gujarat-based research institute has claimed to have made a breakthrough in confining plasma, the fourth state of matter, in a Steady State Super Conducting Tokamak (SST-1).A Tokamak is a device that uses a