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Hero docs save COVID-19 mum with blood of virus survivor after premature birth

Medical staff saved the woman’s life after giving her the blood plasma of a Covid-19 convalescent (illustrative photo). Laurent Gillieron/PAP/EPA

Because people who have recovered from the disease have produced antibodies that neutralise and destroy SARS-CoV-2 virus cells, after the woman’s health deteriorated, doctors from Kędzierzyn Koźle gave her a dose. And it worked!

Polish medical delegation essential says Chicago medical society head

The mission of Polish military doctors in Chicago is vital in helping their peers in the daily fight against the coronavirus, Marek Rudnicki President of Polish-American Medical Society (ZLP) in the US city told PAP.

Blood-y great! Warsaw docs to use blood of recovered COVID-19 victims to help new sufferers

The antibodies present in the blood plasma of people who recovered from coronavirus can directly help patients suffering from COVID-19 and attack the virus.

US agrees to accept five more Polish children for specialist treatment

There is agreement for five more Polish children to travel to the USA for specialist medical treatment despite coronavirus restrictions, according to the Polish Foreign Ministry.

Has Polish Prof found coronavirus cure? Early indications suggest a treatment may be in sight

Scientists say they have a “key” that could “practically kill the virus.”

Polish scientist part of team to isolate COVID-19 strain

The discovery, which took only six days, will allow scientists to track every single virus to determine how it circulated, where it came from and even when it arrived in Italy.

Łódź firm produces fat-busting drug which could save 450 million globally from liver disease

The drug which comes from a compound called 1-MNA helps to reduce fat around the liver and by so doing reduces the risk life-threatening liver cancer and other related diseases. een developed by a company in Łódź.  

Polish companies using ground-breaking treatment in fight against cancer

Immunotherapy, also called biologic therapy, is a type of cancer treatment that boosts the body's natural defences to fight cancer. It uses substances made by the body or in a laboratory to improve or restore immune system function.

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Poznań’s 19th century Pl. Kolegiacki returned to its former glory as part of movement to reclaim community spaces from ‘carpark hell’

Featuring fountains, greenery, information boards and outbreaks of modern art, the initiative has been hailed by Poznań mayor Jacek Jaśkowiak as a project for the masses, saying: “I am glad that we have managed to revitalize the square while respecting the historic character of this space,”

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‘They stopped being children and became witnesses of terror and violence!’ Archive of postwar drawings reveals children’s harrowing experiences of WWII

Created in 1946 as part of a post-war nationwide school project, the pencil and crayon images obtained by TFN show the full, terrible experience of war from the perspective of children.

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