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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
Applicant:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Erik De Leeuw, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alexander D. Mackerell, Jr., Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/35 (2006.01); A61K 31/351 (2006.01); A61K 31/40 (2006.01); A61K 31/403 (2006.01); A61K 31/428 (2006.01); A61K 31/404 (2006.01); A61K 31/4174 (2006.01); A61K 31/09 (2006.01); A61K 31/05 (2006.01); A61K 31/4709 (2006.01); A61K 31/433 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/428 (2013.01); A61K 31/05 (2013.01); A61K 31/09 (2013.01); A61K 31/35 (2013.01); A61K 31/351 (2013.01); A61K 31/40 (2013.01); A61K 31/403 (2013.01); A61K 31/404 (2013.01); A61K 31/4174 (2013.01); A61K 31/433 (2013.01); A61K 31/4709 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating and/or preventing infections in mammals, 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 kits that include such molecules, or compositions that include such molecules, as well as instructions for using such molecules to treat a mammal.