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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2014
Applicants:

The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC (US);

University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

George Kunos, Bethesda, MD (US);

Tony Jourdan, Rockville, MD (US);

Michael Paul Czech, Worcester, MA (US);

Myriam Aouadi, Worcester, MA (US);

Attorney:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/11 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); A61K 31/713 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/1138 (2013.01); A61K 31/713 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); C12N 2310/3513 (2013.01); C12N 2320/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Compositions comprising glucan-encapsulated siRNA directed against a region of the gene encoding the human CB1 receptor for use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a human subject. Additionally, methods for treating type 2 diabetes mellitus in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising glucan-encapsulated siRNA directed against the CB1 receptor.


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