WATCH: How convalescent plasma from COVID-19 survivors can help other patients | Inquirer News

WATCH: How convalescent plasma from COVID-19 survivors can help other patients

/ 12:16 PM April 15, 2020

Dr. Francisco Lopez and Dr. Mae Campomanes of St. Luke’s Medical Center speak with INQUIRER.net to explain how convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 survivors can help other patients who still suffer from the disease.

While convalescent plasma therapy is still a novel study for this disease, these medical professionals believe that the antibodies harvested in the plasma (called convalescent plasma) in the blood of recovered patients could spell life and death for other patients.

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