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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:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher A. Barker, Saskatoon, CA;
Mohamad Morsey, Niantic, CT (US);
Assignee:
MetaMorphix International, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/622 ; C07K 1/4476 ; C07K 1/646 ; C12N 1/563 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/622 ; C07K 1/4476 ; C07K 1/646 ; C12N 1/563 ;
Abstract
Immunological compositions and methods for reducing myostatin activity in vertebrate subjects are disclosed. The compositions include myostatin peptide immunogens, myostatin multimers and or myostatin immunoconjugates capable of eliciting an immune response in a vertebrate subject to which the compositions are administered. The methods are useful for the treatment of a wide variety of disorders.