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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Joyce Lustbader, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Leslie Lobel, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Inventors:
Joyce Lustbader, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Leslie Lobel, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/24 (2006.01); A61K 38/16 (2006.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention provides VEGF-FSH compounds having increased serum half-lives relative to either native VEGF or FSH, in which both VEGF and FSH are biologically active. This invention also provides related compositions and methods for increasing fertility, egg production and spermatogenesis in a subject, as well as methods for increasing vascularization in a tissue, particularly in ovarian tissue.