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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
James W Simpkins, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514182 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for conferring a cytoprotective effect on a population of cells in a male of female subject which includes providing an estrogen compound having insubstantial sex related activity in a pharmaceutical formulation and administering the formulation in an effective dose to a population of cells to confer cytoprotection. The method further includes administering the estrogen compound so as to confer a cytoprotective effect in a subject so as to retard adverse effects of osteoporosis in a male or female subject.