chair and watch movies as their blood is drawn. These donors aren’t participating in a typical blood drive. They’re undergoing apheresis, where red blood cells, platelets and plasma are separated from ...

LDL stands for low-density lipoproteins. LDL is commonly known as the “bad” cholesterol. LDL apheresis is a treatment that removes bad cholesterol from the blood. Many people can treat high ...

TPE, a procedure that utilizes an apheresis machine to remove and replace a patient's plasma, will target harmful substances—such as autoantibodies, immune complexes, and toxins—in the bloodstream, ...