I'm a lung doctor testing the blood from COVID-19 survivors as a treatment for the sick – a century old idea that could be a fast track to treatment
- Written by Jeffrey M. Sturek, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
A nurse holds plasma donated by a man who recovered from COVID-19.Guillermo Legaria /Getty Images South America
Imagine going to the doctor for a cough and getting a transfusion of blood from a goat. It probably sounds strange today, but that is exactly how antibody therapy started in the late 1800s.
Researchers found that plasma, the part of blood...
