The figures come from a trial to assess the effectiveness of transfusions of donated blood plasma in fighting coronavirus.
Men appear to produce much higher levels of antibodies to COVID-19 when infected with the disease, figures from the NHS suggest.to see if transfusions of convalescent plasma can help some of the sickest patients who are struggling to develop their own immune response.
The new figures show that 43% of male donors had plasma rich enough in antibodies for their plasma to be included in the trial, compared with 29% of women. Professor David Roberts, associate director for blood donation at NHSBT, said:"We'd still like to hear from anybody who had"But we'd especially want to hear from men. We test every plasma donation and men have higher antibody levels, which means we're more likely to be able to use their plasma to save lives."Initially your immune system will try and fight off a virus with white blood cells.
"Our studies, and many others around the world, show men with COVID-19 are more likely to become seriously ill than women. This makes them better plasma donors once they have recovered."
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