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Plasma therapy could be key against COVID-19 variants: expert

Plasma therapy could be key against COVID-19 variants: expert

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, people who have recovered from COVID-19 have been a source of hope, not because they outlasted the virus but because of the antibodies in their blood.

At a time when the slew of coronavirus vaccines approved today was still in the initial phases of being researched, plasma therapy was the best option available after drug treatment.

Doctors and researchers hoped by transferring the antibodies from a patient who had recovered from COVID-19 with plasma therapy, the immune system of a patient still suffering from the disease could be boosted.

Turkey first began testing plasma therapy to help COVID-19 patients back in April and the authorities called it a complementary treatment instead of a conventional one.

The jury is still out on the effectiveness of the treatment and its impact on recovery rates, but one expert believes it could be key to combatting the new and more contagious variants popping up around the world.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), professor Mehmet Ali Erkurt at Inönü University said plasma donations from patients who recovered from mutant variants could help in the fight against the new strains.