Sepsis breakthrough could lead to improved treatments for critically ill patients

Molecule discovery could be the key to improving interventions for millions with this potentially deadly disease

By Angela Yeager January 17, 2025 Portland, Oregon

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Sepsis breakthrough could lead to improved treatments for critically ill patients

From left: Owen McCarty, Ph.D., Joseph Shatzel, M.D., and André L. Lira, Ph.D., in a lab in biomedical engineering. They are part of a team at OHSU that have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria could be the key to improving interventions for millions with sepsis. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

Joseph Shatzel, M.D. (OHSU)

Owen McCarty, Ph.D. (OHSU)

André L. Lira, Ph.D. (OHSU)

Learning about sepsis treatments

André L. Lira, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scholar, works in a lab in biomedical engineering. Lira is part of a team at OHSU that have uncovered how a molecule found on certain bacteria could be the key to improving interventions for millions with sepsis. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)