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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:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Steven L Bernstein, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Inventor:
Steven L Bernstein, Chevy Chase, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/5575 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating or reducing damage to the optic nerve in a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of prostaglandin J2 alone or in combination with an effective amount of GM-CSF. In particular aspects of the invention, the subject is a mammal, and in further aspects the mammal is a human.