Potential obesity treatment may increase sepsis risk

24 Jun 2020


According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, GDF15, a hormone being investigated as an obesity treatment may promote bacterial infection of wounds and increase sepsis risk.

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