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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:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lily Vardimon, Tel Aviv, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514-2 ; 514 26 ; 424 941 ;
Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition and method for treating injury to or diseases which result in neuronal degeneration resulting from stroke, brain, retina or spinal cord injuries and other brain disorders and possible trauma associated with neurosurgical procedures is disclosed. The composition consists of glutamine synthetase (GS), analogues and derivatives thereof and a pharmaceutical carrier which when administered to a patient prevents or reduces neuronal degeneration.