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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ella Magal, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Assignee:
Amgen Inc., Thousand Okas, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N / ; A01N / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 44 ; 514-2 ; 424 932 ; 424 9321 ; 935 62 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to methods for preventing and/or treating injury or degeneration of cochlear (and vestibular) hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons (as well as vestibular neurons--Carpa's neurons) by administering glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). The invention relates more specifically to methods for treating sensorineural hearing loss and vestibular disorders.