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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (US);
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
James F Martin, Pearland, TX (US);
Yuka Morikawa, Houston, TX (US);
Todd Ryan Heallen, Houston, TX (US);
John Leach, Houston, TX (US);
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (US);
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions that provide therapy for at least one medical condition that directly or indirectly affects cardiac muscle cells (also known as cardiomyocytes) in a mammalian individual, including humans, dogs, cats, horse pigs, and so forth. The medical condition may be of any kind, including a cardiac condition such as heart failure, cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, and so forth. The medical condition may have a cardiac condition as its primary symptom or cause or it may be a secondary symptom or cause. The individual may be male or female and may be of any age.