Nadia Carlesso, Indiana University (IMAGE)

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Nadia Carlesso, Indiana University

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When the body encounters an infection, a molecular signaling system ramps up the body's infection-fighting system to produce more white blood cells to attack invading bacteria. Now researchers led by Nadia Carlesso of the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered that when facing a massive bacterial infection resulting in sepsis, that same signaling system malfunctions, damaging the body's ability to fight the invaders

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Indiana University School of Medicine

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