Scientists Studying Sepsis In Mice Find Potential Drug Targets For Deadly Disease

“We have identified a key connection of signaling pathways in the cascade of events leading to sepsis. This defines a crucial point where the immune system spirals out of control to cause severe sepsis and where there is an opportunity for therapeutic intervention,” says Scripps Research Professor Wolfram Ruf, who led the research with his postdoctoral fellow Frank Niessen. Their results are published in the February 27 advance, online issue of Nature.

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on March 3rd, 2008