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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:
Mar. 01, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marc B Garnick, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Genetics Institute, Inc.-Legal Affairs, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 851 ; 530351 ;
Abstract
Methods are presented for improving the lipoprotein cholesterol profile of a mammal. Methods are also presented for reducing or removing atherosclerotic lesions from a mammal that has such lesions. The methods comprise administering to the mammal a therapeutic amount of an M-CSF protein in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.