Topic: plasma therapy
ICMR says no, but here’s why doctors are still keen on plasma treatment for Covid patients
The ICMR chief has said plasma therapy could be removed from the Clinical Management Protocols for Covid. But doctors continue to prescribe it saying it produces genuine results.
Busting Covid myths on plasma therapy and remdesivir, and what India’s falling numbers mean
In episode 602 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses India's declining Covid numbers, and explains the science behind remdesivir and plasma therapy.
Here is why the ICMR study that found plasma therapy ineffective on Covid is being questioned
ICMR did not look for presence of neutralising antibodies, which fight off infection, as tests to detect their presence were unavailable when the study was launched in April.
ICMR sets sights on horse sera for Covid as therapy with human plasma found ‘ineffective’
The principle behind employing horse sera is similar to that of regular plasma therapy, but ICMR says using animals can help achieve standardised antibody-rich plasma.
Plasma therapy ineffective in reducing Covid-19 mortality, ICMR study says
The PLACID study by ICMR, involving 464 participants in 39 hospitals, is the first and the largest randomised control trial on Covid-19 to be completed in the world.
US NIH experts say not enough data to back plasma therapy for Covid
At a White House press briefing, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn and President Donald Trump had claimed convalescent plasma therapy could cut deaths from coronavirus by 35%.
Ex-Assam CM Tarun Gogoi, suffering from Covid, given plasma therapy as health deteriorates
The condition of the 85-year-old former CM deteriorated due to a sudden fall in oxygen saturation levels. Gogoi had tested positive for Covid on 25 August.
‘Deep state’ FDA is taking a beating as review of Covid vaccine approaches
At a time when the FDA needs the public’s trust more than ever, the US agency has been dragged into the political fray in a series of compounding incidents.
Gujarat-based firm gets govt nod for phase 2 trial of Covid drug made from plasma
Drug hyperimmune globulin is manufactured by pooling plasma from recovered Covid patients. Unlike plasma transfusions, the benefit of the drug is it doesn't require blood type matching.
US FDA rows back on plasma therapy, says it doesn’t give dramatic benefit to Covid patients
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn had said Sunday that blood plasma from Covid-19 survivors given to new patients could save huge numbers of lives.
Erdogan’s assault on Macron is the height of cynicism
There was a time when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan didn’t see the West as Turkey’s enemy and even wanted to join the European Union.
Turkey waging new war of economic liberation, says Erdogan after country’s currency falls
Erogan's speech follows the Turkish lira weakening to a record low of 8.3849 per dollar on Friday.
Defence
Here is why US changed Rajnath Singh’s statement on ‘reckless aggression’ by China
Both the US State and Defense departments have added footnotes to the transcripts they released on Rajnath Singh’s remarks at 2+2. The State Department has also updated the text.
5 reasons for the crisis in global Islam
If tens of crores of Muslims across the world feel they are victims of mass Islamophobia, their holy prophet shown deliberate disrespect, it is a sense of crisis and siege.