There is no money to be made selling blood anymore. It can, however, pay off to sell plasma, a component in blood that is used in a number of treatments for serious illnesses. It is legal to ...

A total of 19 healthy volunteers were divided into two groups; nine of them gave a unit of whole blood, while the other 10 gave about 700 mL of plasma only (the liquid component of blood was taken ...

Donating plasma and donating blood are essentially the same process: the entry questionnaire, getting hooked up to a machine, the cookie afterward. But in the US there’s a key difference ...

A global program to test whether blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients can be used as a treatment got underway in the United States on Saturday but it needs blood donations to succeed.

Paid plasma centers, like Octapharma and Biomat USA, offer compensation ranging from $175-$200 for the first two visits, then $40-$65 per visit. Community Blood Bank provides plasma directly to ...

The trade in human blood might seem gruesome. In fact, it is essential. Plasma, the main component of blood, is a crucial ingredient for a range of medicines, from haemophilia treatments to rabies ...

The number of plasma donors at the blood bank has decreased significantly since the opening of the for-profit centers. Plasma donated to the blood bank is used directly by hospitals, while plasma ...