Novel dialysis-like therapeutic device inspired by the
spleen quickly filters bacteria, fungi and toxins
Things can go downhill fast when a patient has sepsis, a
life-threatening condition in which bacteria or fungi multiply in a patient's
blood — often too fast for antibiotics to help. A new device inspired by the
human spleen and developed by a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for
Biologically Inspired Engineering may radically transform the way doctors treat
sepsis.