Plasma

Fusion reactor — KSTAR sets new world record by running for 20 seconds

The main goal for KSTAR is to run for five minutes at a stretch at extreme temperature by 2025.

Maharashtra govt launches 'world's largest' plasma therapy project for COVID-19 patients; trials to be held in 21 medical colleges

The project, titled 'Platina', is the largest convalescent plasma therapy-cum-trial project in the world, a state medical education department official said

Health ministry recommends tocilizumab, HCQ, plasma therapy for patients in the moderate stage of COVID-19

HCQ has demonstrated in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2 and shown to be clinically beneficial in several small single-centre studies with significant limitations.

Can plasma therapy help people who have been exposed to COVID-19, stave off the infection?

A study with 150 volunteers will get either plasma from COVID-19 survivors or regular plasma, to find if the virus can be nipped in the bud.

Lilly's COVID-19 drug, specifically designed to treat the virus, could be authorized for use by September

A monoclonal antibody drug developed against COVID-19 is likely to be more effective than repurposed medicines currently being tested against the virus.

Governments should not rely on a vaccine to ease the Coronavirus lockdown, says top HIV researchers

William Haseltine said to manage the disease through careful tracing of infections and strict isolation measures whenever it starts spreading.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Kanika Kapoor to donate plasma at King George’s Medical University, Lucknow for treating patients

Kanika Kapoor had tested positive for novel coronavirus on 20 March

Houston hospital tries blood transfusion therapy to cure coronavirus patients: How it works and what doctors are saying

A hospital in Houston has carried out a blood transfusion therapy in a bid to treat coronavirus patients.

NSF's Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope reveals Sun's surface in closest detail

Hot plasma can be seen, rising, cooling off and sinking below the surface in dark lanes, in a process called convection.

Hot gas feeds the formation of material, stars in the Milky Way's spiral arms: study

Milky Way is a disc-shaped sea of stars in which the youngest and brightest stars cluster in the spiral arms.