Since 2015, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero has served as a vice chairman and professor at Stony Brook Medicine and is an active clinician working in the Intensive Care Unit. Currently, Dr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is leading a study to discern if blood plasma from people who have recovered from Covid-19 could possibly be the key to finding a potential cure for the disease.
The federally approved research project aims to determine whether recovered patients have convalescent plasma in their blood that contains antibodies to fight Covid-19 and could contribute to the development of a treatment. Researchers at Stony Brook Medicine, who sought blood donations from Covid-19 survivors, believe that the plasma could help to boost the immune systems of people who are battling Covid-19 and ultimately help them to recover from the disease. Throughout history, antibody-rich plasma has been used to treat disease, such as during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the 1918 influenza epidemic.
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AuthorDr. Elliott Bennett-Guerrero is both an educator and a vice chairman at Stony Brook Medicine. Archives
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