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Convalescent plasma research featured on 60 Minutes shows promise in new scientific study
In May 2020, 60 Minutes reported on a study researching the use of high-antibody blood plasma to help treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Newly published results show hope for the therapy. 2021 Mar 10
With the COVID-19 pandemic having entered its second year as a paramount threat to global public health, scientific bets placed during the earlier days of the medical battle are starting to pay off. Little more than a year after the discovery of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China, frenzied scientific inquiries are reporting out results.
In May 2020, 60 Minutes reported on one such project in a story we called, The Promise of Plasma. Correspondent Bill Whitaker profiled the work of Dr. Michele Donato, the chief of stem cell transplantation and cellular therapy at Hackensack Meridian Health s John Theurer Cancer Center in northern New Jersey