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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2020
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
Caroline Woelfle-Gupta, Midland, MI (US);
Andrew Scott, Midland, MI (US);
Matthew LeBaron, Midland, MI (US);
Daniel Wilson, Midland, MI (US);
Susan L. Jordan, Doylestown, PA (US);
Robert L. Schmitt, Harleysville, PA (US);
Raja Settivari, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed towards methods of inducing caspase activity. The methods include contacting a cell with a treatment compound represented by the following Formula (I): where Ris selected from hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms; Ris selected from a hydroxyl group, a tosylate group, an alkoxy group of the formula ORwhere Ris selected from an alkyl group having from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms, or an ester group of the formula OCOR, where Ris an alkyl group having from 1 to about 16 carbon atoms, and n is from 4 to 46,000, with the proviso that when Ris hydrogen and Ris a hydroxy group the treatment compound has a number average molecular weight from 10,100 to 2,000,0000 g/mol.