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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Karin Kellner, Regensburg, DE;
Kurt Lang, Penzberg, DE;
Apollon Papadimitriou, Bichl, DE;
Ulrike Leser-reiff, Munich, DE;
Michaela Schultz, Regensburg, DE;
Torsten Blunk, Pentlingg, DE;
Achim Goepferich, Sinzing, DE;
Karin Kellner, Regensburg, DE;
Kurt Lang, Penzberg, DE;
Apollon Papadimitriou, Bichl, DE;
Ulrike Leser-Reiff, Munich, DE;
Michaela Schultz, Regensburg, DE;
Torsten Blunk, Pentlingg, DE;
Achim Goepferich, Sinzing, DE;
Curis, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention makes available an optimal concentration of a hedgehog polypeptide for modulating growth and/or cartilage production by chondrocytes. The present invention allows for improvements in the culturing of chondrocytes to develop cartilaginous tissue ex vivo suitable for implantation to replace damaged or deteriorated cartilage in a patient.