Early, high doses of plasma can prevent COVID hospitalizations

Convalescent plasma can prevent hospitalizations and save lives, both for COVID-19 and for the next viral pandemic to arrive, researchers say.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
March 6, 2023 ~10 min

Convalescent plasma may keep COVID-19 patients out of hospital

Early use of convalescent plasma may help people with COVID-19 avoid having to go to the hospital, a new study shows.

Barbara Benham-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 4, 2022 ~8 min


Convalescent plasma offers little benefit in treating COVID-19

Convalescent plasma, once thought to be an effective way to treat people with mild to moderate COVID-19, doesn't really work, a new study shows.

Stanford • futurity
Aug. 26, 2021 ~5 min

The universe’s first matter clarifies the start of the Big Bang

Researchers are looking at the very first matter to ever be present in the universe for insights into the very first microsecond of the Big Bang.

Ida Eriksen-U. Copenhagen • futurity
May 26, 2021 ~5 min

Why is the sun’s atmosphere hotter than its surface?

A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the surface.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Dec. 11, 2020 ~8 min

Thicker blood may explain odd COVID-19 blood clots

"COVID-19 is a unique disease. There is more going on with these atypical blood clots than we first realized.

Janet Christenbury-Emory • futurity
June 8, 2020 ~5 min

Blood plasma analysis could spot signs of ALS

A method of analyzing blood plasma could help diagnose and predict the progression of ALS, researchers report.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
June 3, 2020 ~6 min

So can gay men donate blood now? It’s complicated

Revised blood donation restrictions for men who have sex with men have summoned calls for a permanent lifting of the rules. An expert weighs in.

Brandon Baker-Penn • futurity
May 6, 2020 ~9 min


Antibody test makes picking COVID-19 plasma donors easier

Using microchip technology boosts the accuracy of antibody testing of patients recovered from COVID-19. That would help find convalescent plasma donors.

Anne Warde-UC Irvine • futurity
April 28, 2020 ~4 min

Website makes ‘urgent plea’ for plasma of COVID-19 survivors

A new website aims to connect COVID-19 survivors who could donate convalescent plasma, potential recipients, and their physicians.

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
April 3, 2020 ~4 min

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