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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:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Applicants:
Seungjoon OH, Seoul, KR;
Minhyung Lee, Seoul, KR;
Kyungsoo Ko, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Expression Genetics, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/63 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This patent discloses compositions and methods of use thereof to normalize the blood glucose levels of patients with type 2 diabetes. It relates particularly to a plasmid comprising a chicken β actin promoter and enhancer; a modified GLP-1 (7-37) cDNA (pβGLP1), carrying a furin cleavage site, which is constructed and delivered into a cell for the expression of active GLP-1.