Plasma From Coronavirus Survivors Could Treat Current Patients
A 100-year approach shows promise for Covid-19
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6 min readMar 31, 2020
In 1890, Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato published a landmark study showing that they could cure guinea pigs infected with diphtheria. To do it, the scientists injected the guinea pigs with serum taken from animals that were immune to the disease. At the time, diphtheria…
