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Thomas M McKenna

John F Reintjes

Taffy J Williams

Paul L Howard

Lawrence L Tankersley

Rita Mahon

Michael D Duncan

Martin Chamberlain

A method and apparatus for real-time monitoring of particulates in a fluid. The fluid is illuminated, and an image formed of the interior of the fluid. The image is then detected, and processed to determine the size, shape, etc. of particulates within the fluid.

Real time suspended particle monitor

An agent and treatment for a subject susceptible to septic shock. The subject is treated with a PKC inhibitor, preferably wit a PKC inhibitor selected from the group consisting of lipid analogues. Preferred among the lipid analogues are sphingosine and its analogues. The inhibitors of this invention are administered, preferably by infusion in a suitable pharmaceutical carrier, in a range of 0.1 to 50 mg/Kg body weight preferably in the range of 0.5 to 25 mg/Kg body weight and most preferably in the range of 1 to 5 mg/Kg body weight.

Inhibitors of protein kinase C activity as protectors against septic

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Rockville, MD, United States of America

Thomas M McKenna