Treatment of inner ear hair cells
Patent Number: 6593290
Date of First Priority Issue: Friday November 1st, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday July 15th, 2003
Assignee: Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA)
Inventor: Gao, Wei-Qiang (Foster City, CA)
From Class: Use
Comments: No comments
This patent teaches that IGF-1 and/or FGF-2 are useful for the stimulation of ear hair stem cell expansion. This invention may be used for preventing hearing loss. FGF2 is approved in Japan for certain indications, including some associated with the ear.
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