Sepsis is a common condition in which the body over reacts to a severe infection. During a period of infection a normal inflammatory response is essential, as the body increases the permeability of...
Lactate was frst described in the late 18th century by KW Scheele, a Swedish chemist. Lactate can be produced in all bodily tissue but is mainly produced by the skeletal muscles, skin, red blood...
Sepsis occurs when a simple infection develops to cause an overwhelming, inappropriate infammatory response. The causative pathogen is identifed by the host's innate (non-specifc) immune system, which...
Chemotherapy works by interfering with cell division—literally, the drugs are cytotoxic, ‘cell-toxic’. Chemotherapy is not specific to cancer cells alone and affects any rapidly reproducing cells;...
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