Massachusetts General Hospital — Novel Sepsis Diagnosis Method

[Scientific Research] Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $958,130 over two years to the Massachusetts General Hospital to support a trial of a novel method for diagnosing sepsis in children, led by Daniel Irimia. The new method employs a specially designed microfluidic maze in which neutrophils (white blood cells) from a single drop of blood are imaged to measure the velocity and direction of movement. An AI system, trained on healthy versus septic samples, is used to categorize the complex movements and diagnose the disease. This falls within our focus area of scientific research.