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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thangavel Kuberasampath, Medway, MA (US);
Roy H Pang, Etna, NH (US);
Hermann Oppermann, Medway, MA (US);
David C Rueger, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Charles M Cohen, Medway, MA (US);
John E Smart, Weston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Creative BioMolecules, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514-2 ; 514-8 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for alleviating tissue destructive effects associated with the inflammatory response to tissue injury in a mammal. The methods and compositions include administering a therapeutically effective concentration of a morphogen or morphogen-stimulating agent sufficient to alleviate immune cell-mediated tissue destruction.