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I'm a lung doctor testing the blood plasma from COVID-19 survivors as a treatment for the sick – a century-old idea that could be a fast track to treatment

  • Written by Jeffrey M. Sturek, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
imageA nurse holds plasma donated by a man who recovered from COVID-19.Guillermo Legaria /Getty Images South America

Imagine going to the doctor for a cough and getting a transfusion of blood from a goat. It probably sounds strange today, but that is exactly how antibody therapy started in the late 1800s.

Researchers found that plasma, the part of blood...

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