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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
David M Bedwell, Birmingham, AL (US);
UAB Research Foundation, Birmingham, AL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of stimulating expression of a functional full-length cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein in an individual in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to said individual a pharmacologically effective dose of an aminoglycoside. Also provided is a method of treating cystic fibrosis in an individual in need of such treatment, comprising the step of administering to said individual a therapeutically effective dose of an aminoglycoside. Further provided is a method of screening for a drug useful in the treatment of an individual having cystic fibrosis, comprising the step of determining said drug's ability to suppress premature stop mutations in a model of cystic fibrosis and a method of pharmacologically suppressing premature stop mutations in an individual having such mutations, comprising the step of administering to said individual a pharmacologically effective dose of an aminoglycoside.