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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Erik DE Leeuw, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexander D. Mackerell, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Erik De Leeuw, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexander D. MacKerell, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/78 (2006.01); A61K 31/425 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are methods of treating and/or preventing infections in mammals caused by microorganisms, by administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one defensin-like molecule, e.g., in a composition that includes such molecule. Also disclosed are the use of such defensin-like molecules for treating and/or preventing infections in mammals; and kits that may include such molecules, or compositions that include such molecules, as well as instructions for using such molecules to treat a mammal.