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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:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Aebischer, Lausanne, CH;
Susan Mary Kingsman, The Oxford Science Park, GB;
Stuart Naylor, The Oxford Science Park, GB;
Nicholas Mazarakis, The Oxford Science Park, GB;
Assignee:
Oxford Biomedica (UK) Limited, Oxford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; C12N 1/5867 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; C12N 1/5867 ;
Abstract
Disclosed and claimed are methods for treating or preventing neurodegenerative diseases, conditions or maladies or symptoms or physiology associated therewith, such as treating or preventing Parkinson's disease or symptoms or physiology associated therewith such as motor deficits or nigrostriatal degeneration; or, for inducing nigrostriatal regeneration. Advantageously, the methods involve administering a lentiviral vector that expresses GDNF, such as human GDNF, or a variant, homolog, analog or derivative thereof.