RESTRICTED -- Trial by Fire: Critics Demand That a Huge Sepsis Study Be Stopped

In a photo provided by Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source, a composite colored scanning electron micrograph image of bacteria, in blue, in the bloodstream, which can provoke an immune reaction called sepsis. An advocacy group says a government trial comparing treatments for sepsis resembles “an experiment that would be conducted on laboratory animals.” (Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SCI SEPSIS STUDY BY RONI CARYN RABIN FOR SEPT. 25, 2018. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. --