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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. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Joel F Habener, Newton Centre, MA (US);
Melissa K. Thomas, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Joel F Habener, Newton Centre, MA (US);
Melissa K. Thomas, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/17 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention features a method of treating deficiency of insulin in a patient, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof hedgehog protein or nucleic acid in an amount effective to raise the level of insulin in the patient.