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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:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Gregory S. Schultz, Gainesville, FL (US);
Alfred S. Lewin, Gainesville, FL (US);
Timothy D. Blalock, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Gregory S. Schultz, Gainesville, FL (US);
Alfred S. Lewin, Gainesville, FL (US);
Timothy D. Blalock, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12Q 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and compositions for treating scarring conditions associated with increased expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF). Aspects of the invention include ribozymes that cleave mRNA targets required for CTGF expression, cells containing anti-CTGF ribozymes and vectored anti-CTGF ribozymes suitable for delivery to cellular targets capable of CTGF expression.