“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,” ...

Across the United States, plasma centers are opening in wealthier areas as more people struggle with the high cost of housing ...

The number of plasma donors at the blood bank has decreased significantly since the opening of the for-profit centers. Plasma donated to the blood bank is used directly by hospitals, while plasma sold ...

The union health ministry has proposed doing away with testing blood products such as plasma for Hepatitis B surface antigen and antibodies to HIV and Hepatitis C, considering these tests are done ...