Penn researchers use honeybee venom toxin to develop a new tool for studying hypertension Sep 18, 2008
The honeybee venom toxin, called tertiapin, or TPN, stops the flow of potassium ions across cell membranes by plugging up the opening of Kir channels on the outside of cells ... For example, while TPN inhibits Kir type 1 channels in kidney cells, it also inhibits other types of Kir channels in heart cells ... After more than a decade, Lu and his colleagues succeeded in bioengineering a TPN that selectively inhibits Kir channels important for salt recycling in kidneys. (EurekAlert!)
Rules, regs to be integratedwithout congressional review Jan 16, 2008
Writing in the Fall 2007 issue of the Streit Council journal "Freedom and Union," , a member of the TPN advisory group ... In a entitled "Completing the Transatlantic Market," the TPN's Transatlantic Market Implementation Group writes, "The aim of this roadmap and framework would be to remove barriers to trade and investment across the Atlantic and to reduce regulatory compliance costs.". (WorldNetDaily)
U.Va. hospital performs first intestinal transplant Oct 25, 2007
Wagner had also been placed on TPN, or total parenteral nutrition, for several months both before and after the surgery. TPN is a combination of essential nutrients administered intravenously ... Wagner stopped receiving TPN in mid-August, less than four months after the surgery was performed. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Noted Pharmacy Expert Joins IH Systems Team Aug 8, 2007
Most recently, she served as Senior Pharmacist and Manager of the Parenteral Support Services at UCSF, where she implemented a USP 797 compliant facility for sterile compounding of Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) solutions. Ms. Power is the lead author of the 2006 American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) Guidelines on Handling Hazardous Drugs. (Canada Newswire)
Young girl with local ties receives bowel transplant ... Local volunteers support deployed troops ... Police still searching for man who robbed Leesville bank ... Police Jury to close Bailey Road Monday, Tuesday ... Vetoed: tax breaks for tuition, storm-damage property replacement ... New Orleans high-rise to be sold at public auction ... Parish leader signs saggy pants ban ... On heels of formaldehyde complaints, FEMA announces plans to test trailer air quality ... Emergency work to add jail space finished ... NSU Leesville-Fort Polk hosts annual Freshman Connection ... Leesville Daily Leader Community Calendar ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="20px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Pictured are Karlie, Kaylee and Kylie. Kylie, the smallest of the trio recently underwent a small bowel transplant. Young girl with local ties receives bowel transplant Jul 24, 2007
Kylie has been fed primarily through a catheter with Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN). It takes more effort for the liver to metabolize TPN and one of the concerns for Kylie's future depended on getting the small bowel transplant as quickly as possible so there would be no substantial liver damage, which could have required an additional liver transplant. (Leesville Daily Leader, LA)
Golden Gate suicide-attempt survivor to talk on mental illness May 4, 2007
Thursday, May 3, 2007 - Page updated at 02:02 AM. Seattle Times health reporter. (Seattle Times)
Early Feeding Could Help Reduce Liver Dysfunction In Critically Ill Patients Jan 26, 2007
Of these, 303 received total parental nutrition (TPN) via a central venous catheter, while 422 were given enteral nutrition (EN) through a nasogastric or nasojejunal tube, at the doctor's discretion ... Rates of liver dysfunction were higher in the TPN group (30%) than in the EN group (18%) ... The researchers found that patients who were suffering from sepsis and treated with TPN were at a greater risk of liver dysfunction. (Science Daily)
