Sepsis is by no means a single clinical entity; physicians must battle a variety of syndromes with only a vague notion of the molecular events that connect them. This vagueness now begins to dissipate with the identification of a molecule that can prevent the development of acute septic shock and severe sepsis (pages 161–167).
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Wang, H., Czura, C. & Tracey, K. Lipid unites disparate syndromes of sepsis. Nat Med 10, 124–125 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0204-124
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