The figure showcases the broth”used to monitor red blood cell depletion in whole blood spiked with one colony-forming-unit of E. coli bacteria, each incubated at different orbital shaking speeds left to right: 0 RPM, 65 RPM, 120 RPM and 200 RPM after four hours of incubation. This culturing raises a bacteria-rich, plasma-like layer of bacteria to the top of the vials, while clusters of stuck blood cells known as a Rouleaux formation sink to the bottom. (Pak Kin Wong via SWNS)
Sepsis could be diagnosed in just seven hours rather than days — saving thousands of lives every year, according to new research.
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Pak Kin Wong, professor of biomedical engineering, of mechanical engineering and corresponding author on the paper, leads the Systematic Bioengineering Laboratory at Penn State. His lab investigates cutting-edge approaches to precision medicine, including bacterial pathogen and microbiota characterization and personalized immunotherapy. (Kate Myers / Penn State via SWNS)
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