A new portable device can quickly find markers of deadly, unpredictable sepsis infection from a single drop of blood. A team of researchers from the University of Illinois and Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois completed a clinical study of the device, which is the first to provide rapid, point-of-care measurement of the immune system’s… Continue reading Quick Test Finds Signs of Sepsis in a Single Drop of Blood
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Readily Available Drug Cocktail May Help Prevent Sepsis Shock and Death
Sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, is a life-threatening condition that presents a major challenge for health care providers. This is especially true in low-income countries where the mortality rate can exceed 60 percent. Even in advanced medical settings, however, sepsis is still very dangerous and accounts for over 400,000 deaths annually in the U.S.… Continue reading Readily Available Drug Cocktail May Help Prevent Sepsis Shock and Death
A Novel Therapy for Sepsis
A University of Tokyo research group has discovered that pentatraxin 3 (PTX3), a protein that helps the innate immune system target invaders such as bacteria and viruses, can reduce mortality of mice suffering from sepsis. This discovery may lead to a therapy for sepsis, a major cause of death in developed countries that is fatal… Continue reading A Novel Therapy for Sepsis