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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:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry B. Strom, Brookline, MA (US);
Xin Xiao Zheng, Brookline, MA (US);
Alan Steele, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
Beth Israel Hospital Association, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/820 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/820 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are chimeric proteins having IL-10 fused to an enzymatically inactive polypeptide which increases the circulating half-life of IL-10. The chimeric polypeptides are useful for treating or preventing septic shock, inhibiting the development of Type I diabetes, and treating multiple myeloma in a patient.