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Cepsis is a potentially deadly inflammatory blood condition caused by infections.

Muppet creator Jim Henson was a famous victim.

Proper treatment of sepsis can require knowing what bacteria or virus caused the infection,

but the identification can take days, and by that time, it's often

too late. Some 8 million people die of sepsis annually worldwide. Now, scientists at Harvard's

Vise Institute for Biologically inspired engineering have come up with a device that cleans blood

without a need to diagnose the infectious agent. What's being called the biospline should work

even for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. In the device, blood What's being called the biospline should work even for antibiotic

resistant bacteria. In the device, blood is cycled outside the patient's body and gets filtered

through microfluidic channels. In the channels are nanoscale-sized magnetic beads attached to an

immune system protein. The protein naturally latches onto bacteria, fungi, viruses, and toxins.

Then magnets pull the magnetic beads out of the blood, fungi, viruses, and toxins. Then magnets pull the magnetic

beads out of the blood, taking the attached pathogens and toxins along for the ride. The

cleansed blood then flows back into the patient. The researchers tested the system on human

blood and then on infected rats. In the trial, 90% of the treated rats recovered. Only 14%

of the control survived. The research is in the

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