New sepsis discovery goes straight to the heart to save lives

Monday, April 11, 2011 - 23:30 in Health & Medicine

New research in rats and mice offers hope for stopping the devastating, and often fatal, effects of sepsis in humans. Researchers show how neutralizing the effects of a key protein fragment, called C5a, used by the immune system to attract white blood cells may ultimately prevent heart failure.

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