“The Transfusion Medicine Service in the Department of Pathology performs therapeutic apheresis on patients who have an illness associated with an abnormal cellular or plasma-based blood component,” ...

Researchers examine whether the blood of a recovered patient can help others. Experts are hoping a century-old technique used for treating epidemics may hold new promise for treating COVID-19 patients ...

A New York family pleads for COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma. The son of a retired New York state investigator hopes the experimental treatment of convalescent plasma will help his father, who has ...

Multiple myeloma is a chronic (long-term) blood cancer that affects plasma cells made in the bone marrow, which is spongy tissue found inside bones. While people with multiple myeloma can live for ...

As college students scrounge for extra cash to pay for tuition, rent, food and other necessities, many turn to donating their plasma. While these college students know they can make a decent chunk of ...

It's called BabyBIG, and it's the sole antidote to botulism. It was created using antibodies from Bay Area volunteers vaccinated against botulism to help babies too young to fight the disease on their ...