Luis Ulloa, Rutgers University (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Luis Ulloa, Rutgers University

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Luis Ulloa, an immunologist at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, led a study that documents a direct connection between the use of acupuncture and physical processes that could alleviate sepsis, a condition that often develops in hospital intensive care units, springs from infection and inflammation, and takes an estimated 250,000 lives in the United States every year.

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Rob Forman, Rutgers Today

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