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Engineers at Oregon State Develop New Technology to Treat and Prevent Sepsis

With early treatment, sepsis can sometimes be successfully treated with antibiotics.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - The National Science Foundation has just awarded $200,000 to engineers at Oregon State University who have developed a new technology that they believe could revolutionize the treatment and prevention of sepsis.

More commonly called “blood poisoning,” sepsis can quickly turn a modest infection into a whole-body inflammation, based on a dysfunctional immune response to endotoxins that are released from the cell walls of bacteria. When severe, this can lead to multiple organ failure and death.