Two recent deaths tied to for-profit clinics in Canada raised concerns about the health effects of having plasma drawn as ...

Grifols, a Spanish health care company, operates clinics in Canada that collect blood plasma from donors in exchange for an ...

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 Transfusion Medicine Service in the Department of Pathology performs therapeutic apheresis on patients who have an illness associated with an abnormal cellular or plasma-based blood component,” ...

The union health ministry has proposed doing away with testing blood products such as plasma for Hepatitis B surface antigen and antibodies to HIV and Hepatitis C, considering these tests are done ...

One of the victims was Rodiyat Alabede, a 22-year-old Nigerian student. She died on October 25, 2025, after donating plasma ...

Currently, plasma donation in the central North Island is only possible at the permanent donor centres in Hamilton, Tauranga, ...