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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Youhealth Biotech, Limited, Grand Cayman OT, KY;
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
YOUHEALTH BIOTECH, LIMITED, Grand Cayman, KY;
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
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.