Methods and compositions for healing and repair of articular cartilage
Patent Number: 7,323,445
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday February 1st, 1999
Date Issued: Tuesday January 29th, 2008
Assignee: Genetics Institute, LLC (Cambridge, MA)
Inventors: Zhang; Renwen (Rutherford, NJ), Peluso; Diane (Marshfield, MA), Morris; Elisabeth (Sherborn, MA)
From Class: Use
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This patent covers the regeneration of articular cartilage by administering an osteochondral graft together with purified bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) selected from the group consisting of BMP-2, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and one protein which induces the formation of tendon or ligament tissue selected from the group consisting of BMP-12, BMP-13, and MP52.
This patent is very important since 2 members of the BMP family are already in clinical use.
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