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US 2019/0160144 A1Published application
Female fertility therapies
AssigneeUniversity of Cincinnati
InventorsLori R. Bernstein, Tom Thompson
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InventorsLori R. Bernstein, Tom Thompson
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Described are novel female fertility therapies. A first aspect of the invention is directed to therapies that include FSH lowering methodologies to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A second aspect of the invention is directed to agents that bind to activin, bind to receptors that bind activin, or that otherwise disrupt activin signaling (collectively referred to herein as “activin pathway modifier agents” or “APM agents”) and methods of utilizing these agents to prevent and/or treat egg infertility. A third aspect of the invention is directed to methods of administering an effective amount of an APM agent to a subject to increase oocyte yield and/or ovarian reserve. All three aspects of the invention may be used in humans and in animals. Additional aspects of the invention include therapeutic drug kits for treatment of humans and animals based on the methodologies described above.
A method of treating and/or preventing egg infertility which includes oocyte aneuploidy, embryonic and fetal aneuploidy, infertility, miscarriages, and trisomic pregnancies and birth defects, including Patau syndrome (“Trisomy 13”), Edward syndrome (“Trisomy 18”), and Down syndrome (“Trisomy 21”) in a female subject comprising administering to the subject at least one of a FSH lowering agent or an activin pathway modifying agent (APM agent) in an amount effective to treat and/or prevent egg infertility.
A method of increasing oocyte production and/or ovarian reserve in a female subject comprising administering to the subject at least one of a FSH lowering agent or APM in an amount effective to increase oocyte production in the subject.
A kit for preventing or treating egg infertility in a subject comprising at least one of a FSH lowering agent or an APM agent in an amount effective to prevent or treat the egg fertility.
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A kit for increasing oocyte production in a subject comprising at least one FSH lowering agent or an APM agent in an amount effective to increase oocyte production.
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