The fifth annual Apheresis Awareness Day is recognized on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, as designated by the American Society for Apheresis (ASFA).The purpose is to raise awareness of apheresis ...

Therapeutic apheresis has been used widely since the 1970s. Anna – stock.adobe.com. In a new study out of Germany, scientists treated 21 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome using two rounds ...

Examples of apheresis protocols include: Red blood cell exchange: Removes and replaces a patient’s red blood cells; Hematopoietic stem cell harvest: Collects hematopoietic stem cells; Plasma exchange: ...

Using apheresis for platelet donation, for example, yields as many platelets as six whole blood donations. Platelets are crucial in the care of patients with cancer, those receiving an organ or ...

Using apheresis for platelet donation, for example, yields as many platelets as six whole blood donations. Platelets are crucial in the care of patients with cancer, ...

Lipoprotein apheresis involves the extracorporeal removal of LDL and lipoprotein(a) particles from whole blood or plasma by adsorption, precipitation or differential filtration. Used repetitively ...

Gloria carries out therapeutic apheresis procedures on her patients, including peripheral stem cell collection, plasma exchange, and photopheresis. Sometimes Gloria assists with special projects, such ...

That’s when she learned about a dialysis-like medical procedure called heparin-mediated extracorporeal LDL-precipitation (H.E.L.P.) apheresis that essentially “cleans” the blood.

PURPOSEApproximately 30%-40% of patients with relapsed/refractory (R/R) large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL) infused with CD19-targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells achieve durable responses.