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UCR-led research discovers that human protein could be used to treat sepsis

17:35 EST 14 Nov 2017 | News-Medical.net

A research team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has discovered that the human protein resistin could be used to treat sepsis, the body's extreme and uncontrolled immune response to an infection.

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