Office Of Public Affairs Protecting Against Infection By
Strengthening Blood Vessels Treating virulent influenza, sepsis,
and other potentially deadly infections long has focused on
looking for ways to kill viruses and bacteria. But new research
from the University of Utah and Utah State University shows that
modulating the body's own overeager inflammatory response to
infection may help save more lives. Mar 17, 2010 1:25 PMSALT
LAKE CITY—Treating virulent influenza, sepsis, and other
potentially deadly infections long has focused on looking for
ways to kill viruses and bacteria. But new research from the
University of Utah School of Medicine and Utah State University
shows that modulating the body’s own overeager inflammatory
response to infection may help save more lives. In a study
published March 17 in Science Translational Medicine,
researchers led by U of U cardiologist Dean Y. Li, M.D., Ph.D.,
professor of internal medicine and director of the Molecular
Medicine Program, shows that protecting blood ves