“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,” ...

The trade in human blood might seem gruesome. In fact, it is essential. Plasma, the main component of blood, is a crucial ingredient for a range of medicines, from haemophilia treatments to rabies ...

A recent study published in Engineering presents a novel approach to analyzing the low-abundant N–glycoproteome in human blood plasma (HBP), which could significantly advance the discovery of plasma ...

The NHS has begun using blood plasma donated by Brits for the first time in 27 years, after a ban introduced during the mad cow disease outbreak was lifted. Around 17,000 lives will be saved with UK ...

Blood plasma donation, similar to blood donation, is voluntary in most countries, but in recent years Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary have followed the US in allowing plasma donors to ...