Blood plasma is a light yellow liquid that makes up about half of a person’s blood. Blood plasma is vital for fighting infection, maintaining correct blood pH levels, helping blood to clot, and ...

Thousands of people globally with an iron disorder have their blood regularly thrown out – Australian research shows it can be used to save lives Many countries regularly experience shortages of blood ...

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. This rebroadcast originally aired on February 28th, 2023. Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s ...

Get to know the functions of your heart, blood vessels, and blood itself and how they work together to maintain your health.

NEW YORK (AP) - A coalition of companies and aid groups announced plans Tuesday to test experimental drugs and collect blood plasma from Ebola survivors to treat new victims of the disease in West ...

A medical company that collects blood plasma seeks to open its first facility in Connecticut, a 38-bed donation center in part of a shuttered Manchester supermarket. CSL Plasma has applied to gut and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — According to America's Blood Centers, someone needs blood or a blood product every two seconds in the United States, and one out of every seven people who enter a hospital ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An Action News Jax investigation found out why plasma is so valuable but also how there are growing health and ethical concerns with donors selling it, raising the question does ...

Compared to people with normal levels (<30 mg/g) of albumin in their urine, those with moderate levels (30–299 mg/g) ...

Sign up for the On Point newsletter here. Millions of Americans sell their blood plasma every year. It’s part of a global, multibillion dollar business. “If you ...