Aberrant immune responses characterize sepsis, a disease that afflicts as many as 750,000 people in the United States each year and kills 30-50%. More people die of sepsis each year than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined – even more than the number of people that succumb to acute myocardial infarction.
Despite the prevalence of the disease, less than 20% of Americans have ever heard the term “sepsis,” and research and clinical resources are severely lacking. More..
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A philanthropist, businessman and lawyer, Herman Merinoff was a trustee of North Shore University Hospital and chairman of the board of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, a 501(c)(3) public charity. In fitting tribute to Mr. Merinoff’s deeply generous and forward-thinking spirit, The Feinstein Institute hosts the Merinoff Symposia, a series of international meetings featuring celebrated leaders in biomedical research. Through the efforts of the Merinoff family and others, this symposium series is sponsored in part by a large group of Feinstein Institute benefactors. More..
Aberrant immune responses characterize sepsis, a disease that afflicts as many as 750,000 people in the United States each year and kills 30-50%. More people die of sepsis each year than prostate cancer, breast cancer, and AIDS combined – even more than the number of people that succumb to acute myocardial infarction.
A philanthropist, businessman and lawyer, Herman Merinoff was a trustee of North Shore University Hospital and chairman of the board of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, a 501(c)(3) public charity.