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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Charles G. Cochrane, La Jolla, CA (US);
Susan D. Revak, San Diego, CA (US);
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses useful surfactant molecules including polypeptides, proteins, and a variety of other organic molecules, as well as methods of making and using same. Surfactant compositions, including liposomal surfactant compositions, are also disclosed. In one preferred embodiment, a pulmonary surfactant composition comprises one or more pharmaceutically acceptable phospholipids admixed with a polypeptide comprising about 10 to 60 amino acid residues, wherein the polypeptide includes a sequence constituted by alternating groupings of charged amino acid residues and uncharged amino acid residues.