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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward P Amento, Portola Valley, CA (US);
L Steven Beck, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514 21 ;
Abstract
A method of predisposing a mammal to accelerated tissue repair is provided. This method comprises systemically administering to the mammal, prior to its exposure to tissue damage, an effective amount of TGF-.beta.. Preferably, the TGF-.beta. is administered no more than about 24 hours prior to exposure to tissue damage.