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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arthur J. Blume, Annandale, NJ (US);
Renee Brissette, Edison, NJ (US);
Juan Carcamo, New York, NY (US);
Wlodek S. Mandecki, Libertyville, IL (US);
Pauline M. Tang, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
DGI Biotechnologies, Inc., Edison, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/804 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/804 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides peptides that bind to the active site of the growth hormone receptor. The present invention also provides methods of using these peptides to identify small organic molecules, which are novel agonists or antagonists of the growth hormone receptor. In addition, the present invention provides kits and therapeutic compositions comprising the peptides that bind to growth hormone receptor.