Convalescent plasma therapy: End of the road
Convalescent plasma therapy: fighting COVID-19 with the help of antibodies is it really that simple? By Pradeep Krishnatray It’s logic is so simple and so intuitively appealing that it seems almost lifesaving. When a body is attacked by a virus, it produces antibodies to ward off the infection. That is Immunology 101. If the human body produces antibodies, why not draw them out from a recovered person and transfuse it into an infected person to treat the infection? Simple, right? Well, not really. The idea is neither novel nor absurd. We have done it several times before. We pluck an egg from ...