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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
S Mark Moran, Orinda, CA (US);
Thomas R Alessi, Hayward, CA (US);
Assignee:
Discovery Laboratories, Inc., Doylestown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514547 ; 514557 ; 514561 ; 514880 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods of protecting against injury to hair follicles in a mammal by administering an effective amount of butyric acid or a biologically active butyric acid derivative. In particular, this invention relates to the use of cell differentiation-inducing butyric acid derivatives to protect against hair loss in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy.