Showing posts with label plasma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plasma. Show all posts
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Paid plasma donations are becoming more middle-class

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  The NYT has the story: The Middle-Class Suburbanites Who Sell Their Blood Plasma to Get By.  Across the United States, plasma centers are ...
Monday, March 16, 2026

International statistics on plasma donation show that it is quite safe

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 Peter Jaworski collects the statistics from Europe and North America: Plasma donation is safe And commercial plasma donation is not less s...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

How safe is plasma donation?

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 Here's a story from the NYT, about the recent regularization of paid plasma donation in (some provinces of) Canada. How Safe Is Plasma ...
Friday, January 9, 2026

WHO Says Countries Should Be Self-Sufficient In (Unremunerated) Organs And Blood by Krawiec and Roth (now open source)

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The published version of our paper is now widely available: Kimberly D. Krawiec and Alvin E. Roth, “ WHO Says Countries Should Be Self-Suffi...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Commercial plasma collection in the US: the Jaworski report for 2025

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 Peter Jaworski , a tireless student of blood donation around the world, has published a report on the plasma industry.  It's full of in...
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

The debate over compensating organ donors is heating up

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  It's a new year, and maybe there will be progress in increasing organ donation.  Here's a video in which Elaine Perlman explains...