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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:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Adonia E. Papathanassiu, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
Ergon Pharmaceuticals LLC, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1122 ; A61K 3/1335 ; A61K 3/805 ; A61K 3/807 ; A61K 3/810 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1122 ; A61K 3/1335 ; A61K 3/805 ; A61K 3/807 ; A61K 3/810 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a treatment for mammalian diseases characterized by aberrant cell proliferation. The treatment consists of administering therapeutically active dosages of antibiotic inhibitors such as efrapeptin oligopeptides or mycotoxin derivatives including those comprising a-zearalenol structural motifs resulting in inhibition of cell mitosis.