Convalescent Plasma

• Study finds plasma from COVID-19 survivors doesn’t help seriously ill patients

  The study, investigated by a McMaster University prof, suggests the blood doesn't reduce the risk of intubation or death for COVID-19 patients.

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  Sep 10, 2021
  
• New Brunswick man reflects one year after a COVID-19 diagnosis for his entire family

  Saint John developer Percy Wilbur believes he and his family were lucky to have not had severe or long-lasting symptoms after all four tested positive for COVID-19 one year ago.

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  Apr 23, 2021
  
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• Clinical trial for possible COVID-19 treatment now open in Edmonton, Calgary

  In the trial, convalescent plasma is taken from patients who have recovered from COVID-19. That plasma, which contains antibodies to the virus, is then transferred to patients who are being hospitalized for the illness but have not yet been intubated.

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  Jul 31, 2020
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• Timberlea man is Nova Scotia’s first convalescent plasma donor

  Donnie Clarke, Timberlea N.S., became Nova Scotia's first convalescent plasma donor Thursday.

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  May 21, 2020
• New Brunswick man first to donate convalescent plasma in Atlantic Canada

  A New Brunswick man who recovered from COVID-19 was the first person in Atlantic Canada to donate convalescent plasma.

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  May 15, 2020
• COVID-19 survivors’ blood could help others beat the disease, scientists hope

  An upcoming Canadian trial aims to see whether blood plasma harvested from COVID-19 survivors can help others to fight off the infection.

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  Apr 2, 2020
• New York testing COVID-19 survivors’ blood as boost for the infected

  The U.S. state is planning trials of a possible COVID-19 treatment that dates back to the flu epidemic of 1918.

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  Mar 24, 2020