Sepsis
In the laboratory, green tea proves a powerful medicine against severe sepsis
Published in Blood Weekly, November 22nd, 2007
A major component of green tea could prove the perfect elixir for severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection. In a new laboratory study, Haichao Wang, PhD, of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, and his colleagues have been studying the therapeutic powers of dozens of Chinese herbal compounds in reversing a fatal immune response that kills 225,000 Americans every year. They found that an ingredient in green tea rescued mice from lethal sepsis – and the findings could pave the way to clinical trials in patients.
The study was published this week in the Public Library of Science, or PLoS-ONE. Dr. Wang had previously discovered a...
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