The basic experimental model tested the ability of an infusion of human plasma to expand the normal plasma volume to a hypervolemic state and to maintain this expansion for several hours. The kinetics ...

When a U.S. soldier is wounded in combat, his lost blood is often replaced with Hextend®, a plasma expander developed by BioTime (www.biotimeinc.com). The high molecular weight plasma expander also is ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Voluven, an intravenous solution that prevents and treats a dangerous loss of blood volume, a condition that sometimes occurs during and after ...