{"id":41998,"date":"2020-05-21T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/?p=41998"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:53:33","slug":"bartelt-discusses-plasma-donations-for-covid-19-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/news\/bartelt-discusses-plasma-donations-for-covid-19-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartelt Tells How Plasma Donations Can Help COVID-19 Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24318\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-214x300.jpeg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-731x1024.jpeg 731w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-768x1075.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-1097x1536.jpeg 1097w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-1463x2048.jpeg 1463w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-600x840.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-301x421.jpeg 301w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/945\/2019\/02\/luther-bartelt-2016-scaled.jpeg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/directory\/luther-bartelt-md\/\">Luther Bartelt<\/a><\/strong>, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, was featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/article242759621.html?fbclid=IwAR0-BYWnsl-Rl1minBA_ixnNAItn2ResimjG1smlW6js5kFUrZq9x9mubmU\">News and Observer<\/a> article about the use of COVID-19 plasma as therapy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe antibodies are like a sponge that would soak up and neutralize the virus to impede its ability to replicate,\u201d said Bartelt. He also added that &#8220;once the plasma is collected, it can be frozen and used for up to a year, which could help when the second wave of COVID-19 cases hits.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/local\/article242759621.html?fbclid=IwAR0-BYWnsl-Rl1minBA_ixnNAItn2ResimjG1smlW6js5kFUrZq9x9mubmU\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luther Bartelt, MD, assistant professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases, was featured in a News and Observer article about the use of COVID-19 plasma as therapy. \u201cThe antibodies are like a sponge that would soak up and neutralize the virus to impede its ability to replicate,\u201d said Bartelt. 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