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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wu Yun Ren, Germantown, MD (US);
Michael Seidman, Washington, DC (US);
David A. Brown, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Applied Genetics Incorporated Dermatics, Freeport, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/42 ; A61K 7/06 ; A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/1045 ; A61K 3/107 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/42 ; A61K 7/06 ; A61K 3/119 ; A61K 3/1045 ; A61K 3/107 ;
Abstract
A method and dermatological formulation are provided for increasing the pigmentation response of mammalian skin, hair, wool or fur to agents which stimulate melanogenesis. The method comprises administering to mammalian skin, hair, wool or fur a dermatological formulation containing a melanogenesis-stimulating effective amount of an agent which stimulates melanogenesis in melanocytes, and a melanogenesis-enhancing effective amount of an agent, such as an &agr;-hydroxy acid, which enhances the stimulation of melanogenesis by the melanogenesis-stimulation agent.