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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2004
Barbara P. Wallner, Cohasset, MA (US);
Barry Jones, Cambridge, MA (US);
Glenn T. Miller, Merrimac, MA (US);
Sharlene Adams, Waltham, MA (US);
Barbara P. Wallner, Cohasset, MA (US);
Barry Jones, Cambridge, MA (US);
Glenn T. Miller, Merrimac, MA (US);
Sharlene Adams, Waltham, MA (US);
Point Therapeutics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods and products for stimulating hematopoiesis, preventing low levels of hematopoietic cells and producing increased numbers of hematopoietic and mature blood cells are provided. The methods and products can be used both in vivo and in vitro. The methods involve administering an agent of Formula I wherein m is an integer between 0 and 10, inclusive; A and Aare L-amino acid residues such that the A in each repeating bracketed unit can be the same or a different amino acid residue; the C bonded to B is in the L-configuration; the bonds between A and N, Aand C, and between Aand N are peptide bonds; and each Xand Xis, independently, a hydroxyl group or a group capable of being hydrolyzed to a hydroxyl group in aqueous solution at physiological pH. The products include kits comprising the agent of Formula I.