Say you survived a certain disease,
Your body has created a set of anti bodies that hell with that certain disease, now, if you donate blood, will said antibodies help a person who has never contracted said disease?
(sorry for the poor english)
In: Biology
It’s called passive immunity and it’s been studied and used for awhile now. I don’t believe it’s used that often unless it’s a dire situation… But since we don’t have much time (vaccines take 12-18months to create) it’s one of the ways the doctors are attempting to treat COVID 19 with. They are taking blood donations from people who’ve recovered from COVID 19.
From the blood, they will isolate the plasma, which is part of the blood that contains antibodies, etc. In a process called “convalescent plasma therapy,” their antibodies will be transferred to others to protect them against getting infected ,or to strengthen the immune systems of those who are sick already.
I’m not a medical professional though, so I’ll let someone with medical background jump in here.
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/27/coronavirus-serum-plasma-treatment/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/27/coronavirus-serum-plasma-treatment/)
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