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Potential sepsis treatment could be ready in 5 years thanks to London, Ont., researcher
Lawson Health Research Institute says that currently, the best available approach to treat sepsis works about six per cent of the time, but preliminary results show a potential treatment in development in London, Ont., could be effective in 40 per cent of cases.Sepsis is caused by an infection from microbial pathogens such as a virus or bacterium and involves “a runaway infection” that spreads through the body, causing organ failure death and has been noted as a complication of COVID-19. McMaster research leads Canada-wide research initiative to address sepsis “When you have these type of infections the body will respond with information to try to attack those invading bacteria or viruses,” said Dr.