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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2007
Michael B. Sporn, Tunbridge, VT (US);
Karen T. Liby, West Lebanon, NH (US);
Tadashi Honda, Hanover, NH (US);
Gregory Mundy, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ross Garrett, Austin, TX (US);
Hari Reddi, El Macero, CA (US);
Gordon W. Gribble, Lebanon, NH (US);
Takahiro Niikura, Kobe, JP;
Michael B. Sporn, Tunbridge, VT (US);
Karen T. Liby, West Lebanon, NH (US);
Tadashi Honda, Hanover, NH (US);
Gregory Mundy, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ross Garrett, Austin, TX (US);
Hari Reddi, El Macero, CA (US);
Gordon W. Gribble, Lebanon, NH (US);
Takahiro Niikura, Kobe, JP;
Trustees of Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (US);
Osteoscreen, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
The Regents of the Universtiy of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention concerns methods for stimulating the growth and repair of bone and cartilage using synthetic triterpenoids and tricyclic-bis-enones. Examples of suitable triterpenoids include CDDO, CDDO-Me, CDDO-Im, and CDDO-Ethylamide. Examples of tricyclic-bis-enones include TBE-31 and TBE-34.