{"id":6941,"date":"2025-12-19T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/?p=6941"},"modified":"2026-01-13T14:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:05:53","slug":"robert-lee-phd-and-wolfgang-bergmeier-phd-were-part-of-a-team-studying-the-contribution-of-platelets-to-mast-cell-activation-in-sepsis-published-in-the-journal-nature-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/bloodresearchcenter\/2025\/12\/robert-lee-phd-and-wolfgang-bergmeier-phd-were-part-of-a-team-studying-the-contribution-of-platelets-to-mast-cell-activation-in-sepsis-published-in-the-journal-nature-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Lee, PhD and Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD, were part of a team studying the contribution of platelets to mast cell activation in sepsis, published in the Journal Nature Communications."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Robert Lee, PhD and 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