Tag: Plasma
Portable ‘cold plasma’ wand prototype could destroy germs in seconds
A team of engineering professors from the University of Michigan have created a plasma jet wand that they believe could quickly and easily disinfect hospital rooms. The ion-emitting device looks something like a Ghostbusters’ proton packs, and its pl… Source
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Microsoft blood bot helps recovered COVID-19 patients donate plasma
Microsoft’s latest contribution to the fight against COVID-19 is Plasma Bot, a screening tool meant to help recovered COVID-19 patients donate their plasma to treatment efforts. The bot asks a series of questions, and if it determines you’re a potent… Source
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Microsoft built a ‘Plasma Bot’ to tell you if you can donate plasma to help fight COVID-19
Plasma taken from the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients stands a real change of being one of the more effective short-term measures feasible in the ongoing effort to control the global coronavirus pandemic. The FDA has issued a broad call for donation from eligible individuals, and now Microsoft has built…
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FDA debuts new online portal to encourage donation of plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients
One of the avenues currently being pursued in terms of developing an effective treatment for COVID-19 is through the use of convalescent plasma. Basically, that means using the liquid component of blood from people who have had, and already recovered fully from COVID-19 to produce treatments that hopefully translate the…
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Emergent BioSolutions gets $14.5M in federal funding to expedite COVID-19 plasma therapy development
Last week, we spoke to the Head of Emergent BioSolutions’ Therapeutics Business Unit Dr. Laura Saward about her company’s work developing plasma-based potential treatments for COVID-19. Now, the company announced that it has received $14.5 million in funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), which is part…
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