Credit: Huy Mach
Richard Hotchkiss, MD, a professor of anesthesiology (left), and Jane Blood (right), a nurse manager in the Department of Anesthesiology's Division of Clinical and Translational Research, talk with Greg Porter, 34, of Nashville, Ill., who has recovered from sepsis. Porter participated in a clinical trial at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The researchers found that a drug that revs up the immune system holds promise in treating sepsis.