Harvard startup promises progress in treating deadly sepsis


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Sepsis, Wyss Institute

In the Wyss Institute’s approach to sepsis therapy, the pathogen-binding FcMBL protein is tethered to the interior of hollow fibers within the cartridge. This cartridge can be plugged into a dialysis-like extracorporeal circuit through which the blood from patients with sepsis could be run and cleansed.

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