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Treating disorders by application of insulin-like growth factors and analogs

US5776897A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1997
Grant dateJul 7, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07K14/65
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of enhancing the survival of neuronal cells in a mammal, the cells being at risk of dying, the method comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of one of the following substances: IGF-I; a functional derivative of IGF-I; IGF-II; a functional derivative of IGF-II; IGF-III; or a functional derivative of IGF-III.

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