News
Pro-Palestine Encampment Represents First Major Test for Harvard President Alan Garber
News
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Condemns Antisemitism at U.S. Colleges Amid Encampment at Harvard
News
‘A Joke’: Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Harvard Should Spend More on Legacy of Slavery Initiative
News
Massachusetts ACLU Demands Harvard Reinstate PSC in Letter
News
LIVE UPDATES: Pro-Palestine Protesters Begin Encampment in Harvard Yard
Dr. Edwin J. Cohn, Higgins University Professor, yesterday announced a new blood medicine that may replace plasma is some cases.
Cohn and a group of doctors told the National Academy of Sciences that this medicine, which is derived from the human blood, may be used to combat shock and treat burns. The scientists expect it will replace both plasma and serum albumin, an anti-shock medicine, in use against war wounds or atom-bomb casualties.
The medicine is called Stable Plasma Protein Solution, and is produced automatically by a machine. Blood does not flow into a bottle, but directly from donor to machine.
Here it is broken down by chemicals and sugars. The machine extracts and packages over half a dozen medicines from the blood, which may be used to fight measles and other diseases. With this instrument, outdated blood can be used even after the present safety limit of three weeks.
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.