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Methods of inhibiting cataracts and presbyopia

US9675589B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

University of Massachusetts · US

Inventors

Murugappan Muthukumar · Amherst, US
Benjamin Mohr · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61P27/10
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Described herein are methods of inhibiting or reversing the progression of cataract formation or presbyopia in an eye by administering a γ-crystallin charge masking agent. Both presbyopia and cataracts are caused by aggregation of the soluble crystalline lens proteins called the crystallins.

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