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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:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Luis F. Parada, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventor:
Luis F. Parada, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is a method for treating prostate hyperplasia by contacting a patient with insulin-6 in an amount effective to prevent or reduce prostate hyperplasia. The invention includes transgenic insulin-6 knockout mice that exhibit prostate hyperplasia and that can be used in screening agents for anti-prostate hyperplasia activity.