Pharmaceutical preparation and a method for the treatment of diabetes
US6146653A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 11, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2018 |
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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 the 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 with 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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