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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Peter Carmeliet, Blanden, BE;
Désiré Collen, Winksele, BE;
Inventors:
Peter Carmeliet, Blanden, BE;
Désiré Collen, Winksele, BE;
Assignees:
Life Sciences Research Partners VZW, Leuven, BE;
Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Zwijnaarde, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to prevention and treatment of strokes and ischemic diseases and to post-ischemic therapeutic treatment. The invention furthermore relates to the use of a growth factor or nucleic acids ensuring increased expression of a growth factor for treating, more particularly restoring the function of ischemic tissue, in particular muscles such as myocardium and skeletal muscles.