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Empa researchers developing solution to magnetically remove bacteria from blood

December 8, 2016

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Blood poisoning is still fatal in more than 50% of cases, but can be cured if treated at an early stage. The highest priority is therefore to act quickly. For this reason, doctors usually administer antibiotics even in the event of a suspicion of blood poisoning, without first ascertaining whether it is actually a bacterial sepsis, which in turn greatly increases the risk of resistance to antibiotics developing.

It is therefore important to identify and develop a fast and effective therapy, if possible without the need to use antibiotics.

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