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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:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen R Jaspers, Edmonds, WA (US);
Katherine H Sprugel, Seattle, WA (US);
Hong Ping Ren, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jacqueline M Humes, Seattle, WA (US);
Darrell C Conklin, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
ZymoGenetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 514-2 ; 514-3 ; 514866 ; 530399 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions for stimulating an increase in islet proliferation and .beta.-cell mass using an insulin homolog polypeptide. The present invention also includes methods for treating diabetes by stimulating islet proliferation and .beta.-cell mass increases and affecting insulin levels.