People should be paid for blood plasma
Shortages are hampering the production of essential medicines
The trade in human blood might seem gruesome. In fact, it is essential. Plasma, the main component of blood, is a crucial ingredient for a range of medicines, from haemophilia treatments to rabies vaccines and tetanus jabs. And these days there is not enough of it to go around.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “There must be blood ”
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