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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Eric A. Gaucher, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Eric A. Gaucher, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 14/47 (2006.01); A61K 38/44 (2006.01); C12N 9/06 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/0046 (2013.01); A61K 38/00 (2013.01); Y10S 530/846 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides uricases and methods of their production and use in reducing the amount of uric acid in a subject. The present invention further provides methods employing a uricase of this invention in the treatment and/or prevention of hyperuricemia, gout, tumor lysis syndrome and/or hypertension in a subject.