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Plasma medicine is an emerging field that combines plasma physics, life sciences and clinical medicine. It is being studied in disinfection, healing, and cancer.[1] Most of the research is in vitro and in animal models.
It uses ionized gas (physical plasma) for medical uses or dental applications.[2] Plasma, often called the fourth state of matter, is an ionized gas containing positive ions and negative ions or electrons, but is approximately charge neutral on the whole. The plasma sources used for plasma medicine are generally low temperature plasmas, and they generate ions, chemically reactive atoms and molecules, and UV-photons. These plasma-generated active species are useful for several bio-medical applications such as sterilization of implants and surgical instruments as well as modifying biomaterial surface properties. Sensitive applications of plasma, like subjecting human body or internal organs to plasma treatment for medical purposes, are also possible. This possibility is being heavily investigated by research groups worldwide under the highly-interdisciplinary research field called "plasma medicine".
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Plasmamedicine is an emerging field that combines plasma physics, life sciences and clinical medicine. It is being studied in disinfection, healing, and...
that involves blood plasma extraction, treatment, and reintegration. Fresh frozen plasma is on the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, the most important...
List of Essential Medicines. In the United Kingdom it costs about £30 per unit. A number of other versions also exist including plasma frozen within 24...
on plasmamedicine Another powerpoint on plasmamedicine The Laser and Plasma Engineering Institute at Old Dominion University The AJ Drexel Plasma Institute...
CSL Plasma is a plasmapheresis company which claims to be one of the largest companies of its kind in the world. It is a subsidiary of CSL Limited, a biotechnology...
A plasma ball, plasma globe, or plasma lamp is a clear glass container filled with noble gases, usually a mixture of neon, krypton, and xenon, that has...
triggered in a gas without heating it. This is important for plasmamedicine, where "plasma bullets", or guided streamers, can be used for wound treatment...
Greek πλάσμα, plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components...
Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces...
Plasma cells, also called plasma B cells or effector B cells, are white blood cells that originate in the lymphoid organs as B cells and secrete large...
Cold plasmas are extensively used in industry for critical surface cleaning and have been proposed for multiple applications in Plasmamedicine, including...
well as for her work in plasmamedicine for cancer treatment, and the use of laser ablation to sample chemicals and form plasmas. She is a full professor...
A nonthermal plasma, cold plasma or non-equilibrium plasma is a plasma which is not in thermodynamic equilibrium, because the electron temperature is...
Whole blood is fractionated into red blood cells, platelets and plasma whilst plasma can be further refined into separate components such as albumin,...
Plasma renin activity (PRA), also known as the renin (active) assay or random plasma renin, is a measure of the activity of the plasma enzyme renin, which...
Solvent detergent plasma is a form of blood plasma made from plasma collected from many people which is then processed with solvents as a form of virus...
interaction of low-temperature plasmas with biological cells. In plasmamedicine research, low temperature plasmas (or simply cold plasmas) are used to inactivate...
than regular. Plasma transfusion is indicated to patients with liver failure, severe infections or serious burns. Fresh frozen plasma can be stored at...
Blood volume (volemia) is the volume of blood (blood cells and plasma) in the circulatory system of any individual. A typical adult has a blood volume...
Convalescent plasma is the blood plasma collected from a survivor of an infectious disease. This plasma contains antibodies specific to a pathogen and...
includes whole blood; blood components; and plasma derivatives. Whole blood is not commonly used in transfusion medicine. Blood components include: red blood...
supported by measuring activity of or antibodies against ADAMTS13. With plasma exchange the risk of death has decreased from more than 90% to less than...
-logy, "the study of") is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal...
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