Plasmapheresis is a process in which the liquid part of the blood, or plasma, is separated from the blood cells. Typically, the plasma is replaced with another solution such as saline or albumin, or ...

You might switch up your diet or pop a supplement in hopes of living longer. But would you pay thousands of dollars to replace the plasma in your blood? This procedure, known as plasma exchange ...

Plasma exchange, also known as plasmapheresis, is a way to "clean" your blood. It works sort of like kidney dialysis. During the treatment, plasma -- the liquid part of your blood -- gets replaced ...

A small new study offers insight into plasma exchange therapy. By Mohana Ravindranath Cars need oil changes to keep their engines running smoothly. Some anti-aging influencers, along with a handful of ...

Historically considerable attention has been focused on neonatal glucose metabolism because glucose is the major energy substrate for the neonate and because of the relatively high frequency of ...

Plasma resistin and serum leptin were measured by ELISA (Phoenix Pharmaceuticals Inc., Belmont, CA; and Diagnostic Systems Laboratories, Webster, TX, respectively). Serum insulin was measured by ...

This protein has largely been used as a diagnostic test for Alzheimer's disease, where an increase in p-tau217 blood levels is proposed to be driven by another process, namely the aggregation of ...

We conducted a randomized trial with a 2-by-2 factorial design to evaluate the use of plasma exchange and two regimens of oral glucocorticoids in patients with severe ANCA-associated vasculitis ...

A new study reveals that replacing half of the blood plasma with a mixture of saline and albumin reverses signs of aging and rejuvenates muscle, brain and liver tissue in old mice. The research team ...