For immediate release: September 13, 2011 Media contact: Morgan
Kelly, email@example.com, (609) 258-5729 Gene flux can foretell
survival for trauma patients, Princeton study finds The onset of
inflammation and infection in a person recovering from a trauma
such as a car accident or severe burns can be as deadly as the
incident itself. New findings from Princeton University
researchers who studied gene activity in trauma victims may help
to predict and better treat such unexpected complications.
Princeton molecular biologist John Storey (left) and
postdoctoral research fellow Keyur Desai analyzed the gene
activity of a 168 blunt-force trauma patients and found that it
correlated with a patient's deterioration. The Princeton work is
the latest from a 10-year, $100 million federally funded project
based at Massachusetts General Hospital to examine the genomic
causes of why people experience different outcomes to similar
injuries. (Photo by Denise Applewhite) The search for the
genomic response to trauma The Prin