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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Ulrich Schraermeyer, Tübingen, DE;
Inventor:
Ulrich Schraermeyer, Tübingen, DE;
Assignee:
Cevec Pharmaceuticals GmbH, Cologne, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/405 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI), 5,6-dihydroxyindole-2-carboxylic acid (DHICA) and/or 5-S-cysteinyldopa (CD) as medicaments, as well as their use, and the use of tyrosinase for the preparation of a medicament for prophylaxis or therapy of diseases induced by oxidative stress. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of gene therapy vectors comprising a tyrosinase gene. Further, the present invention relates to cells modified by a tyrosinase gene.