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Nanotechnology In Combating Sepsis

Ohio State researchers have found a way to use nanotechnology to treat late-stage sepsis.

01/27/2021

QED With Dr. B

Nanotechnology In Combating Sepsis

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Ohio State researchers have found a way to use nanotechnology to treat late-stage sepsis.

Two hundred and seventy thousand people die per year from sepsis, according to the CDC, But there’s new research that gives us hope. Dr. Yizhou Dong, associate professor of pharmaceutics and pharmacology at The Ohio State University found a way to use nanotechnology, the science of engineering cells, to treat late-stage sepsis.

01/27/2021

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