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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Rainer NG, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph M. Metzger, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Lorraine Reeve, Dexter, MI (US);
Bruce Markham, Novi, MI (US);
Rainer Ng, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph M. Metzger, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Lorraine Reeve, Dexter, MI (US);
Bruce Markham, Novi, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Phrixus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating and preventing skeletal muscle deficiencies. In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising poloxamers (e.g., poloxamer 188-P188) and methods of using the same for treating and preventing skeletal muscle deficiencies and injuries (e.g., dystrophin-deficient skeletal muscle; skeletal muscle having a contraction force deficit; skeletal muscle having a Caimbalance; skeletal muscle having microtears).