Video series: Translating Research
How could vitamin C save the lives of people in the intensive care unit?
In this episode, we discuss exciting new research using megadoses of a derivative of vitamin C, called sodium ascorbate, that could change the way sepsis is managed worldwide.
We learn:
- What sepsis is
- how vitamin C could be used to treat sepsis
- why sodium ascorbate may be more useful than other forms of vitamin C
About the research
Mark Plummer is Head of Research and Innovation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and also a senior lecturer at the Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, and with the Department of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne.
Mark’s sepsis research is conducted with The Royal Melbourne Hospital and The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health and is funded in part by grants from The Hospital Research Foundation Group, as well as the Medical Research Future Fund.
You can here more about Mark’s research by listening to this episode of the Research Pulse podcast:
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