Next in the "Can Plasma?" series, a meta episode: can plasma actually cure everything? My running joke on this channel is that if your question starts with "can plasma," the answer is usually yes. Time to be honest about where that joke breaks.

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00:00 The question: can plasma cure everything?

00:06 Quick intro, Greg Friedman, plasma bioengineer

00:23 My running joke: open a medical dictionary, plasma probably does something

00:47 The honest answer: no, that's just a joke

00:52 What plasma actually does: strong oxidizer, controllably skews redox balance

01:08 Coagulation cascades (intrinsic and extrinsic) respond to redox

01:25 A lot of biological processes are influenced by plasma

01:32 Cure everything? No.

01:38 Severe mental disorders: I can't think of much plasma can do