As a successful residential Realtor in San Antonio, Dina La Rocca Murphy knows a winning idea when she sees one.
So when Murphy found out she could donate her blood plasma to help people suffering from COVID-19 — as she did in late March before completely recovering — she decided to go all in.
The San Antonio native is what’s known as a “super donor.” She’s given her plasma seven times to date, multiple bags of the antibody-rich fluid that has been transfused into more than 20 patients being treated for the disease at area hospitals.
The treatment is called convalescent serum therapy, and it’s been around for over 100 years. Research shows that giving a sick person the blood plasma from a person who has recovered from the same disease can help them heal, by conveying “passive immunity.”
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