Plasma Therapy: Cure for COVID-19
Ankit More
Dept. of Plant Biotechnology, K. K. Wagh College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Nashik, Maharashtra (422 003), India
Elssa Pandit
Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha (756 019), India
Swapnil Pawar*
Dept. of Plant Biotechnology, K. K. Wagh College of Agricultural Biotechnology, Nashik, Maharashtra (422 003), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Covid-19, Corona, Lockdown, Plasma Therapy
Abstract
COVID-19 has been proved to be biggest disaster of 21st century and it is quite different from any other calamity on human beings. Lockdown strategy has been implemented by almost all countries to stop transmission of this deadly novel coronavirus. Till the date, no vaccine is available to achieve permanent cure of COVID-19. Although, many research groups are engaged in continuous search of the promising treatment but still it needs long stand. Among the techniques of medical sciences, plasma therapy has come up with optimistic solution and showed tremendous recovery of corona affected patients under small trials. Plasma of recovered patients has saved many lives from deadly infections like HIV, Ebola and Corona. In the present article, efforts have been made to elaborate effectiveness of plasma therapy with its convenience and limitations.
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