How to Use apheresis in a Sentence

apheresis

noun
  • About a month passed between the apheresis and when the CAR T cells were ready to be infused.
    — Debby Waldman, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The donor’s blood is taken from a vein in the arm and travels up a tube into an apheresis machine, removing the stem cells and returning the blood to the donor.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Plasma today is mostly collected via apheresis, a process where whole blood is extracted, spun in a centrifuge, and the plasma is skimmed off.
    — The Economist, 10 May 2018
  • During the platelet donation procedure, a machine is used to separate the platelets in your blood from the other red blood cells and white blood cells through a process called apheresis.
    — NBC News, 14 June 2019
  • After five days of shots to stimulate stem cell production, the donor is hooked up to an apheresis machine that takes the blood out of the body, collects the stem cells and then puts the blood back into the body.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The procedure, called apheresis, is similar to giving blood, except that the blood drawn from the patient is run through a machine to extract the plasma, and the red and white cells are then returned to the donor.
    — Denise Grady, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Some of the potential treatments are very impractical, like hyperbaric oxygen chambers or apheresis.
    — Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In order to maximize donations, most centers use standard apheresis technology that separates the plasma from the blood in real time and then pumps that blood back into the donor.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 8 June 2020
  • Donors can give whole blood — the plasma is separated out later — or donate plasma through a process called apheresis collection which separates out the plasma and puts red blood cells back into the donor’s body.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The Connecticut patients, two males with acute myeloid leukemia, each received a platelet unit made from the same apheresis donation, collected in Massachusetts.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 13 June 2019
  • The treatment uses a process called apheresis to extract T cells from a patient and then genetically modifies the cells to add a receptor, the chimeric antigen, which binds with the cancer cells.
    — Debby Waldman, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • In another May 6 video, Towle also updated followers on how the apheresis had gone prior to her going to receive chemotherapy.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
  • The treatment uses a process called apheresis to extract T cells from the patient and then genetically modifies the cells to add a receptor, the chimeric antigen, which binds with the cancer cells.
    — Debby Waldman, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Though, as of the 29th of March, several beta thalassemia patients have entered the apheresis process (extraction of cells for modification via gene therapy).
    — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • In late February — about a month after the letter arrived at her former family home in West Linn — Maestretti went to the hospital for a procedure called apheresis.
    — oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2021
  • When collecting platelets for a transfusion, a donor's blood is drawn into an apheresis cell separator machine, which extracts platelets and returns the rest of the blood into the donor, according to the American Red Cross.
    — Susan Scutti, CNN, 13 June 2019
  • The plasma donation process takes 30-40 minutes and is the same as with other plasma donations, using an apheresis machine to separate the blood components, according to Versiti.
    — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2020
  • The Food and Drug Administration only approves apheresis (blood filtering) devices for specific medical indications, such as autoimmune disorders, certain blood cancers and plasma exchange for specific diseases.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 5 Dec. 2025

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