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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Serene Josiah, Lexington, MA (US);
Thomas M. Luby, Lexington, MA (US);
Atsushi Asakura, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Dennis Keefe, Lexington, MA (US);
Lawrence Charnas, Natick, MA (US);
Mayank Verma, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for treating muscular dystrophy, in particular, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In some embodiments, a method according to the present invention includes administering to an individual who is suffering from or susceptible to DMD an effective amount of an anti-Flt-1 antibody, or antigen binding fragment thereof, such that at least one symptom or feature of DMD is reduced in intensity, severity, or frequency, or has delayed onset.