Pharmaceutical preparation and method for treatment of diabetes
US6090400A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K31/455
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of treatment of humans suffering from diabetes which involves transplantation into the human of viable porcine islets capable of producing insulin within its host. The invention also includes a particular preparation for such transplantation and its method of preparation which involves extraction from a piglet at near full term gestation (whether delivered prematurely or not) and treatment of the tissue within nicotinamide and/or any compound exhibiting similar growth promoting and cytoprotective effects and the subsequent administration of such a compound or compounds to the patient after the transplantation.
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