Zinc deficiency magnifies, prolongs lethal immune response to sepsis
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
A key immune response pathway regulated by zinc has been discovered by scientists that may hold clues to stopping sepsis, one of the leading causes of death in America’s intensive care units. As many as 20% of people who develop sepsis will die, not from the infection itself -- but from the overload of inflammatory chemical signals created by the immune system which ultimately leads to organ failure.