'Blueprint' for blocking MMP may unlock new treatments for deadly blood infection
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 03:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers studying the life threatening infectious disease sepsis have discovered how the infection can lead to a fatal inflammatory response through blood vessel cells. The research, which is published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, focuses on blocking crucial Matrix Metalloprotease enzymes (MMP) which activate the response.