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Protein-induced morphogenesis in liver tissue

US6531445B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 15, 1999
Grant dateMar 11, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 15, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2500/10
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are 1) amino acid sequence data, structural features, homologies and various other data characterizing morphogenic proteins, 2) methods of producing these proteins from natural and recombinant sources and from synthetic constructs, 3) morphogenic devices comprising these morphogenic proteins and a suitably modified tissue-specific matrix, and 4) methods of inducing non-chondrogenic tissue growth in a mammal.

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