In a step towards cleaner and safer nuclear energy using the same reactions that power the Sun, a UK experimental fusion reactor has powered on for the first time. Fusion power works by colliding heavy hydrogen atoms to form helium — releasing vast amounts of energy in the process, as occurs naturally in the centre … Read more
Coronavirus antibodies in blood plasma donations fade rapidly after symptoms first appear, a new study suggests. Researchers followed a small group of recovered COVID-19 patients who donated their blood and found all of them showed decreases in antibodies after three months. What’s more, just three weeks later, levels for half of the detectable antibodies fell … Read more
Europe’s largest telescope captures stunning images of the sun showing intricate details of sunspots and plasma unlike anything researchers had seen before Europe’s largest telescope captured its first high-resolution images of the sun It snapped solar magnetic fields taken at a wavelength 516 nanometers The telescope was also able to take a picture sunspots at 430 … Read more
US health officials divided over plasma treatment for COVID-19: NIH panel says the newly FDA-approved treatment touted by Trump makes ‘no difference’ to coronavirus survival odds Convalescent plasma therapy is when the liquid portion of blood is taken from a recovered coronavirus patient It is transferred into a sick patient in hopes they will develop … Read more
Health experts met the recent approval of convalescent blood plasma as a treatment for coronavirus patients in the US with mixed feelings. On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced the experimental therapy had been issued emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The commander-in-chief lauded the news as a ”very big day’ … Read more
Donald Trump is urging Americans who have recovered from coronavirus to donate their blood plasma as he announced Sunday that the FDA has given an emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma to be used as a treatment for coronavirus. ‘This is a very big day,’ the president touted. These new authorization means those who had … Read more
US regulators have put a hold on the emergency approval process for the use of blood plasma taken from coronavirus survivors to treat people still battling the infection, an official told the New York Times. Plasma is rich in immune cells developed by the body as it combats coronavirus and some studies have suggested that … Read more
Betelgeuse is NOT dimming! NASA discovers the giant star has ejected HOT PLASMA that cooled into a dark cloud and blocked its light Betelgeuse, a distant star, was thought to be dimming last year The dimming led to experts fearing the massive super giant would explode NASA has now found it was covered by a … Read more
‘I was looking for anything that might be able to help’: Kate Garraway wanted to donate her blood plasma to husband Derek Draper after she recovered from COVID-19 By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 08:26 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 08:26 BST, 3 August 2020 Kate Garraway has revealed she offered to donate her … Read more
Pregnant women with coronavirus can now participate in a trial using plasma from survivors of the infection to treat them, a rare occurrence in drug testing. Clinical trials that aren’t specific to assessing drugs or treatments intended for pregnant women have overwhelmingly excluded this group, citing concerns over endangering a woman and her unborn child. … Read more