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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Jacques P. Tremblay, Berniere, CA;
Inventor:
Jacques P. Tremblay, Berniere, CA;
Assignee:
Université Laval, Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 63/00 (2006.01); A01N 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods of pre-treating healthy donor's myoblast cultures with growth or trophic factors on transplantation into subjects suffering from myopathic conditions such as muscular dystrophy. Compositions comprising myoblasts and fusion-promoting metalloproteases can be transplanted. Alternatively, myoblasts can be transplanted along with an agent inducing the expression of a fusion-promoting metalloprotease, or a composition comprising genetically-modified myoblasts capable of expressing a fusion-promoting metalloprotease can be transplanted.