Methods and compositions for modulating neurodegeneration
Patent Number: 6664039
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday December 14th, 1998
Date Issued: Tuesday December 16th, 2003
Assignee: California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, CA)
Inventors: Benzer, Seymour (San Marino, CA); Min, Kyung-Tai (Pasadena, CA)
From Class: Use
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This patent provides a peptide sequence composition of matter that is useful for treatment of neurodegeneration, in part through the stimulation of neural stem cell proliferation. Agents involved in stimulation of neural stem cells are important not only for obvious reasons, but also because they may also stimulate hematopoiesis. The specific peptide claimed in this patent is called "very long chain fatty acid coA-synthetase ".
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