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IMAGE: The Hackensack Meridian Health scientists and clinicians continue to study the promise and potential of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 treatment.
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Credit: Hackensack Meridian Health
March 10, 2021 - Hackensack, NJ - Convalescent plasma, the use of survivors' antibodies transfused into sick COVID-19 patients is safe and significantly improves clinical outcomes when using high levels of antibodies, according to a new publication by scientists at Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive health network.
The treatment was safe, transferred the survivors' antibodies, and did not prevent the recipients from making their own antibodies, according to the results published recently in the journal