Blood plasma is a light yellow liquid that makes up about half of a person’s blood. Blood plasma is vital for fighting infection, maintaining correct blood pH levels, helping blood to clot, and ...

Whole blood, plasma, and platelet donations play an important role in fulfilling the need for blood and blood components at many hospitals and treatment facilities around the world. While the American ...

Donating plasma is an important, voluntary act that can help save lives. Like donated blood, your plasma is used in trauma situations in hospitals to help those in need. Plasma helps to stop bleeding ...

With rising rent, utilities and the cost of groceries, a growing number of people are selling their blood plasma to make extra money. It's a multi-billion dollar industry.

“I'd keep on going if they'd let me," the 81-year-old said. An Australian man credited with saving the lives of over 2.4 million babies with his blood plasma made his final donation Friday, according ...

Many experts — including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study — were bewildered about where a key statistic came from. By Katie Thomas and Sheri Fink At a news conference on Sunday ...

FORT HOOD, Texas - Donating blood through the Armed Forces Blood Donor Program is a true Soldier to Soldier program, with Soldiers donating blood or plasma and other Soldiers receiving the life-saving ...

Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would have shown whether the therapy worked. By Katie Thomas and Noah ...