EBS - FDA Developing Coronavirus Treatment From Blood of Recovered Patients
Healthcare organizations are working on a number of different types of treatments for COVID-19, repurposing old drugs, as well as developing new ones. However, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that it's working on developing a new type of treatment using the blood of patients who have successfully recovered from the virus.
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said during a White House press briefing that the agency has been experimenting with the possibility of using donated blood plasma from recovered patients to develop a treatment. These antibodies, which are introduced into a patient once the platelets and cells have been filtered out, can boost said patient's immune system and help fight against a pathogen as a short-term treatment.
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