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Study: ‘Good’ cholesterol could help treat sepsis
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Study: ‘Good’ cholesterol could help treat sepsis

by Elizabeth Chapin, University of Kentucky Space-filling model of the Cholesterol molecule. Credit: RedAndr/Wikipedia Replenishing the body’s high-density lipoprotein (HDL) could be an effective treatment for sepsis, according to a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine study published in Science Signaling. The lab study, led by Xiangan Li, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Physiology and the Saha Cardiovascular...

Delivering Catalase to Treat Sepsis
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Delivering Catalase to Treat Sepsis

Sepsis is a state of runaway inflammation in response to infection, a condition that is more serious and more often fatal in older individuals. With age, the immune system becomes every more overactive and inflammatory, reacting to signals created by the damaged environment of the body. This background of chronic inflammation makes it ever less likely that...