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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
May. 13, 2002
Applicant:
David M. Mann, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Inventor:
David M. Mann, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
Agennix, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a therapeutic method for treating or preventing a disease resulting from a microbial infection in an individual using an antimicrobial polypeptide. The present invention also provides a method of potentiating the therapeutic action of an antimicrobial drug in a patient. Further provided in the present invention are methods for neutralizing circulating endotoxin in a patient by administering the endotoxin-neutralizing polypeptide or functional variant thereof of the present invention to the patient.