Dr. Yury Gogotsi
Advanced Healthcare Materials cover article on Gogotsi's sepsis research. Volker Presser, Sun-Hwa Yeon, Cekdar Vakifahmetoglu, Carol A. Howell, Susan R. Sandeman, Paolo Colombo, Sergey Mikhalovsky, Yury Gogotsi: Cytokine Removal: Hierarchical Porous Carbide-Derived Carbons for the Removal of Cytokines from Blood Plasma. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2012. 1. 682. Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Reproduced with permission.NSF has selected sepsis treatment advances by Distinguished University and Trustee Chair Professor Yury Gogotsi, former research professor Volker Presser, and former postdoc Sun-Hwa Yeon to be featured on the science news website livescience.com.
Sepsis, also known as blood poisoning, occurs when an infection triggers the body to react with severe inflammation. In 40-60% of cases the condition is fatal. Gogotsi, Presser, and Yeon developed a filtration system of mesoporous carbons derived from silicon carbide-based ceramics that are highly effective at removing excess cytokines which build up in the blood as sepsis progresses, which in turn allows more time for antibiotics and other drugs to take effect, improving survival rates. This NSF sponsored work was also featured in a cover article in the November 2012 issue of Advanced Healthcare Materials.