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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Richard Penn, Chicago, IL (US);
Pia Runeberg-roos, Esbo, FI;
Maxim M. Bespalov, Helsinki, FI;
Mart Saarma, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Richard Penn, Chicago, IL (US);
Pia Runeberg-Roos, Esbo, FI;
Maxim M. Bespalov, Helsinki, FI;
Mart Saarma, Helsinki, FI;
Assignees:
NTF Therapeutics Inc, St. Paul, MN (US);
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/22 (2006.01); A61P 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Neurturin polypeptides which possess reduced heparin and heparan sulfate binding affinity but retain neurotrophic activity, nucleic acids which encode the neurturin variants and vectors and host cells which express the enhanced neurturin polypeptides. Use of the enhanced neurturin polypeptides, nucleic acids and host cells in the treatment or prevention of disease.