Small organic molecule regulators of cell proliferation
Patent Number: 7,115,653
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday March 30th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday October 3rd, 2006
Assignee: Curis, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
Inventors: Baxter; Anthony David (Hertfordshire, GB), Boyd; Edward Andrew (Oxfordshire, GB), Frank-Kamenetsky; Maria (Brookline, MA), Guicherit; Oivin (Belmont, MA), Porter; Jeffery (Lexington, MA), Price; Stephen (Hartford, GB), Rubin; Lee L. (Wellesley, MA), Stibb
This is a composition of matter patent on compounds that modulate hedgehog signalling. Since hedgehog is important not only in stem cell proliferation, but also in cancer, this patent has uses both in regeneration and cancer control.
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