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Treatment of diseases associated with cysteine deficiency

US5607974A · kind A · utility

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Assignees

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum · DE

Inventors

Wulf Dr oge · Heidelberg, DE
Leonard A. Herzenberg · Stanford, US
Leonore A. Herzenberg · Stanford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 10, 1994
Grant date	Mar 4, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 10, 2014

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K38/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Patients suffering from a pathological condition resulting in reduced intracellular cysteine levels are treated with a cysteine source capable of being transported to the cellular cytoplasm. Particularly, N-acetyl cysteine is employed in the treatment of AIDS patients.

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