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In reply to the discussion: First COVID-19 critically ill patient at UMass Memorial treated with plasma showing significant [View all]murpheeslaw
(110 posts)16. Is the cured patient then able to donate plasma?
Is their bodys initial insufficient response, then helped along with the antibodies from donated plasma then strong enough (concentrated?) to donate themselves?
Does everyone who gets sick make antibodies even if they needed the donated ones to recover?
Do the antibodies from everyone who recovers look the same? Do different people develop different shaped antibodies that jam up different stages of the virus cycle?
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First COVID-19 critically ill patient at UMass Memorial treated with plasma showing significant [View all]
CentralMass
Apr 2020
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Hoping that means that there are SOME antibodies produced and available after getting better
htuttle
Apr 2020
#3
I'm under the impression that there are a limited, although large number of different cold viruses.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2020
#14
I can work. Was being used effectively in the early 1900s but after vaccinations and antibiotics
GulfCoast66
Apr 2020
#10
A country doctor in Michigan used this to treat cancer, and it worked, back in the 90's.
BComplex
Apr 2020
#25