https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚨" title="Police cars revolving light" aria-label="Emoji: Police cars revolving light">BREAKING: Good news! Preliminary study of 10 patients with severe #COVID19 shows that after 1 dose of convalescent plasma:

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">Virus disappeared in blood in 7 days
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">Clinical symptoms rapidly improved within 3 days
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="▶️" title="Right-pointing triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Right-pointing triangle">Lung lesions improves within 7 days https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/08/998700/blood-plasma-taken-from-covid-19-survivors-might-help-patients-fight-it-off/">https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/04/0...

The study in #China was NOT randomized, so these results must be confirmed in larger studies.

These preliminary results are encouraging: several patients cleared the #coronavirus entirely, suggesting that plasma “can serve as a promising rescue option” for severe #COVID19 cases.

Here is a link to the peer-reviewed study, published in @PNASNews: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/04/02/2004168117">https://www.pnas.org/content/e...

The viral load was *undetectable* after transfusion in 7 patients who had previous viremia (virus in blood).

Several lab parameters tended to improve: lymphocyte counts and C-reactive protein. Radiological exams showed varying degrees of absorption of lung lesions within 7 d.

Althought these PRELIMINARY results are encouraging, they *must* be confirmed in larger studies....https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤞🏼" title="Crossed fingers (medium light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Crossed fingers (medium light skin tone)">

Good news: these studies of #convalescentplasma are already underway here in the US!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Smiling face with open mouth" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with open mouth">

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