Eli5 What is Plasma?

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I can’t grasp the concept of it. And why and how is harnessing it from our bodies help cure diseases?

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Plasma is ionized gas. It’s basically gas that has had so much energy added into (usually by heating) that electrons escaped the nucleus. So now you have a bunch of charged particles zooming around.

Blood plasma is part of the liquid that compose your blood. It’s the liquid part that carries all your blood cells, etc. If you lose blood, getting an infusion of plasma helps

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