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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
The University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Murugappan Muthukumar, Amherst, MA (US);
Benjamin Mohr, Amherst, MA (US);
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/765 (2006.01); A61K 31/195 (2006.01); A61K 31/401 (2006.01); A61K 31/4188 (2006.01); A61K 31/20 (2006.01); A61K 31/4015 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/4188 (2013.01); A61K 9/0048 (2013.01); A61K 31/195 (2013.01); A61K 31/20 (2013.01); A61K 31/4015 (2013.01); A61K 31/765 (2013.01); A61M 37/0092 (2013.01); A61N 1/325 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are methods of inhibiting or reversing the progression of cataract formation or presbyopia in an eye by administering a γ-crystallin charge masking agent. Both presbyopia and cataracts are caused by aggregation of the soluble crystalline lens proteins called the crystallins.