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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:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2016
Applicants:

Youhealth Biotech, Limited, Grand Cayman OT, KY;

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kang Zhang, San Diego, CA (US);

Rui Hou, Shenyang, CN;

Huimin Cai, Shenyang, CN;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/575 (2006.01); A61K 47/40 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/573 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/575 (2013.01); A61K 9/0014 (2013.01); A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 31/573 (2013.01); A61K 47/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides sterols and uses thereof to treat vision disorders. In one embodiment, composition comprising pharmaceutically effective amount of lanosterol is used to treat and/or prevent vision disorders in a subject. In another embodiment, composition comprising pharmaceutically effective amount of lanosterol is used to treat cataract or blindness/impaired vision in a subject. In yet another embodiment, composition comprising lanosterol is used to dissolve amyloid-like fibrils of crystallin proteins.


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