You’ve heard that you can donate plasma for money, and maybe you’ve thought of doing it. But you likely have questions. If you’re thinking of doing it, you can feel great about yourself. It’s a ...

On average, a person will make about $50-$75 per appointment. However, the amount that you can make for donating plasma will ...

On average, an adult has about 1.2 to 1.5 gallons – or 10 units – of blood in their body, according to the American Red Cross. This accounts for approximately 10% of a person's weight. Now that's a ...

A woman who has relied on plasma-derived medicines for 22 years has met local plasma donors to thank them and share how ...

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Odds are you’ve been asked to donate blood before — maybe even from us at The Star recently, as we prepare for a blood drive on Tuesday. And you’ve maybe heard the request for donations even more over ...

With rising rent, utilities and the cost of groceries, a growing number of people are selling their blood plasma to make extra money. It's a multi-billion dollar industry.

Use of whole blood products to save egregiously injured U.S. military combatants became a practice during wars in Iraq and ...

A New York family pleads for COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma. The son of a retired New York state investigator hopes the experimental treatment of convalescent plasma will help his father, who has ...

Early one Monday morning, after a twelve-hour shift churning out mailing envelopes in a maquiladora—a U.S.-owned factory in Matamoros, Mexico—Carolina stands on tired legs in a line stretching toward ...

Takeda’s (NYSE: TAK) (TSE:4502) plasma-derived therapies (PDT) business, led by Giles Platford, president of Takeda’s Plasma-Derived Therapies Business Unit and chair of the Plasma Protein ...