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COVID-19 survivors urged to donate blood for trials – The Australian Financial Review
Men recovering from COVID-19 are being urgently sought to donate their antibodies for two treatment trials to help acute hospitalised patients.
The other, REMAP-CAP, focuses on critically ill COVID-19 patients who require intensive care. Convalescent plasma is being used with antiviral medications, immune function modulators, anti-coagulation therapy to assess the impact on acute patients.
Anyone who has had COVID-19 but has been free of it for 28 days is eligible to donate. “We would encourage people to come forward,” Dr Daly said.
Men who are recovering from COVID-19 are being sought in particular, because research suggests they hav…
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