New research suggesting a improved method for extracting lithium by applying plasma technology has been recently published. On the 31st of January, the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy(KFE) announced ...

Photograph to illustrate a story in Health on efforts to actually grow meat in a lab. known as ' In vitro meat' , also known as laboratory grown meat. In recent years, some scientists are ...

Plasma donors are paid around $25 for a first visit, perhaps $5 more for the next few visits and up to $100 for a 10th donation. Shutterstock Donating blood is a charitable gesture that saves lives ...

I used to think plasma donation was just about sitting in a chair for an hour, maybe earning some extra cash while helping people. Boy, was I wrong. There’s this whole wild process happening inside ...

There’s a crude but whimsical painting of an enthusiastic vampire on a window at the Grifols plasma center in downtown San Antonio. Grifols is one of the world’s largest producers of plasma-derived ...

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a fraction of blood plasma; its concentration of platelets is of great value in regenerative medicine as they are essential in accelerating healing and repairing tissue.

On his fourth plasma donation appointment in Stockton, Santiago Lopez, 25, sat in a wide reclining chair under fluorescent lights, surrounded by dozens of strangers. Like Lopez, they’re all careful ...

For 20 years, I’ve relied on a drug made from other people’s blood parts to keep myself upright. I’ve had dozens, maybe hundreds of infusions by now, and each time I wonder whose blood plasma was ...