Apr. 2—PLATTSBURGH — As the knobs on the apheresis machine turn and an internal centrifuge spins, Rouses Point resident Russell Gadway seems relaxed. To keep the blood pumping from a vein on his right ...

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 ...

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, ...