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Convalescent Plasma Strikes Out As COVID-19 Treatment


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Melissa Cruz elevated her arm after donating COVID-19 convalescent plasma in April 2020, as phlebotomist Jenee Wilson shut down the collection equipment at Bloodworks Northwest in Seattle.
More than half a million Americans have received an experimental treatment for COVID-19 called convalescent plasma. But a year into the pandemic, it s not clear who, if anyone, benefits from it.
That uncertainty highlights the challenges scientists have faced in their attempts to evaluate COVID-19 drugs.
On paper, treatment with convalescent plasma makes good sense. The idea is to take blood plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 and infuse it into patients with active infections. The antibodies in the donated plasma, in theory, would help fight the virus. ....

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