Borgess Hospital part of trial to use blood plasma to treat coronavirus
The trial will see if blood from previously infected people can be used to treat those with new infections.
Ascension Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo is part of a national trial seeking a treatment for COVID-19 infections.
The trial will take blood plasma from people who have successfully recovered from a COVID-19 infection and see if antibodies in the blood can treat people with new infections, according to a report by WMUK.
The antibodies can “teach” a person’s own immune system to combat the disease.
“This has been done many times before with other coronaviruses with, frankly, somewhat mixed results,” said Borgess Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Rohs to WMUK.
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