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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David S Weigle, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Joseph L Kuijper, Bothell, WA (US);
John W Forstrom, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignees:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Zymogenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A61K / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-2 ; 435 691 ;
Abstract
Methods for identifying factors that regulate appetite are disclosed. Preferably, the methods feature determinination of decreased food consumption in selected recipient mammals following administration of a test sample. A product having appetite suppressing activity is also described. In addition, methods for reducing food consumption in a mammal, featuring administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a representative appetite suppression factor, are disclosed.