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Dr Julian Mutz from King's College London said beyond organ transplantation, approaches like plasma replacement are being explored, but these remain experimental.

The heightened chance of a UK sighting has been caused by a fast-moving coronal mass ejection, which is a "release of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun's corona", late on Saturday night.

The blood and plasma were delivered to Nasser Medical Complex for onward distribution to hospitals "facing critical shortages amid a growing influx of injuries, many linked to incidents at food distribution sites", he said.

If the answer is yes, they will need to wait three months to donate blood, but are still eligible to donate plasma.

Myeloma – also known as multiple myeloma – affects part of the immune system called plasma cells.