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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2008
Robert Peter Millar, North Berwick, GB;
Antonia Kathryn Roseweir, Inverkeithing, GB;
Robert Peter Millar, North Berwick, GB;
Antonia Kathryn Roseweir, Inverkeithing, GB;
Medical Research Council, Swindon, Wiltshire, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of an antagonist of kisspeptin in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a condition induced and/or worsened by kisspeptin activity in an individual. The invention also provides certain defined peptide molecules, which may act as an antagonist of kisspeptin, which are of use in treating a condition induced and/or worsened by kisspeptin activity in an individual. In addition, the invention provides methods of identifying and/or using antagonists of kisspeptin and/or the defined peptides, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.