Neutrophil Motility Reveals Potential Sepsis Biomarker (IMAGE)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Neutrophil Motility Reveals Potential Sepsis Biomarker

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The development of sepsis in patients with major burns may be predicted by abnormal motility patterns of white blood cells called neutrophils, measured through the microscopic channels of this device invented by MGH researchers.

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BioMEMS Resource Center, Massachusetts General Hospital

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