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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Ruxandra Draghia-akli, Houston, TX (US);
Patricia A. Brown, Conroe, TX (US);
David Hood, College Station, TX (US);
Ruxandra Draghia-Akli, Houston, TX (US);
Patricia A. Brown, Conroe, TX (US);
David Hood, College Station, TX (US);
VGX Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the current invention is a method of preventing and/or treating arthritis and/or preventing or treating lameness in a subject. Additionally, subject quality of life and welfare, and body condition scores are improved by utilizing methodology that administers the nucleic acid expression construct encoding a GHRH or functional biological equivalent to a subject through a parenteral route of administration. Following a single dose of nucleic acid expression vector, subjects are healthier and effects are demonstrated long term without additional administration(s) of the expression construct.