How to Use apheresis in a Sentence

apheresis

noun

• About a month passed between the apheresis and when the CAR T cells were ready to be infused.
  — Debby Waldman, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
• During the platelet donation procedure, a machine is used to separate the platelets in your blood from the other red blood cells and white blood cells through a process called apheresis.
  — NBC News, 14 June 2019
• The procedure, called apheresis, is similar to giving blood, except that the blood drawn from the patient is run through a machine to extract the plasma, and the red and white cells are then returned to the donor.
  — Denise Grady, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
• Plasma today is mostly collected via apheresis, a process where whole blood is extracted, spun in a centrifuge, and the plasma is skimmed off.
  — The Economist, 10 May 2018
• The treatment uses a process called apheresis to extract T cells from the patient and then genetically modifies the cells to add a receptor, the chimeric antigen, which binds with the cancer cells.
  — Debby Waldman, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
• The treatment uses a process called apheresis to extract T cells from a patient and then genetically modifies the cells to add a receptor, the chimeric antigen, which binds with the cancer cells.
  — Debby Waldman, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022
• The Connecticut patients, two males with acute myeloid leukemia, each received a platelet unit made from the same apheresis donation, collected in Massachusetts.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 13 June 2019
• In late February — about a month after the letter arrived at her former family home in West Linn — Maestretti went to the hospital for a procedure called apheresis.
  — oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2021
• Donors can give whole blood — the plasma is separated out later — or donate plasma through a process called apheresis collection which separates out the plasma and puts red blood cells back into the donor’s body.
  — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2020
• In order to maximize donations, most centers use standard apheresis technology that separates the plasma from the blood in real time and then pumps that blood back into the donor.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 8 June 2020
• When collecting platelets for a transfusion, a donor's blood is drawn into an apheresis cell separator machine, which extracts platelets and returns the rest of the blood into the donor, according to the American Red Cross.
  — Susan Scutti, CNN, 13 June 2019
• The plasma donation process takes 30-40 minutes and is the same as with other plasma donations, using an apheresis machine to separate the blood components, according to Versiti.
  — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2020

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