Methods and products for reducing adhesions
AssigneeThe University of Adelaide
InventorsSarah Vreugde, Peter John Wormald
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and products for reducing adhesions. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method of reducing adhesions in a subject, the method comprising exposing a region in the subject susceptible to formation of an adhesion to an agent having iron chelation and/or antioxidant activity, thereby reducing adhesions in the subject.
Claims7
A method of reducing adhesions between tissue surfaces in vivo within a subject, the method comprising applying a composition to a region within the subject susceptible to formation of an adhesion between tissue surfaces, said composition comprising, as an active agent, 20 mM or less of deferiprone, wherein the deferiprone reduces adhesions in vivo within the subject.
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