Abstract: A system and method for collecting plasma includes drawing whole blood from a donor, combining anticoagulant with the whole blood from the donor, separating the whole blood into a plasma product and a second blood component and sending the plasma product to a collection container. A controller determines a total blood volume for a donor based on donor weight, height and gender. The system comprises a touchscreen for receiving a confirming user input and a scanning device configured to scan a bar code associated with a donor. The system and method operate a plurality of draw and return phases.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to double stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNAi) agents and compositions targeting a SNCA gene, particularly in a CNS tissue, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of a SNCA gene and methods of treating subjects having a SNCA-associated neurodegenerative disease or disorder, e.g., Parkinson's Disease (PD), multiple system atrophy (MSA), Lewy body dementia (LBD), among other synucleinopathies, using such dsRNAi agents and compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel aminophosphonate derivatives substituted in .alpha. position by phenol groups, of formula (I): ##STR1## in which: X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, A, B, Z and n are defined in claim 1, as well as their preparations and the pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.