UW Medicine looking for plasma donations from patients recovered from COVID-19
UW Medicine and Bloodworks Northwest are looking for plasma donations from people who have recovered from COVID-19 in attempts to research a potential plasma-derived medicine to fight the novel coronavirus.
Plasma donations -- which contain proteins called antibodies that help fend off infections -- have been used to create medications in the past to help treat people with different infections.
"Plasma and medication made from it are used routinely to treat many different diseases," UW Medicine said in a news release. "It is unknown whether the antibodies in plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 can help people who are ill with a COVID infection."
The process of collecting plasma involves use separating the plasma from the cells in the blood, and then returning the remaining blood to the plasma donor. Plasma is replaced by the body and donations can be done every two weeks.
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