Wound healing
AssigneeRenovo Limited
InventorMark W. J. Ferguson
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Abstract
A composition for use in the treatment of wounds to inhibit scar tissue formation during healing is disclosed, comprising an effective activity-inhibiting amount of a growth factor neutralizing agent or agents specific against only fibrotic growth factors together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The method of preparation of said composition and method of administering the composition to a host suffering from tissue wounding is also disclosed.
Claims14
A method of increasing the rate of wound healing comprising administering to a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of Latency Associated Peptide, or a peptide analogue thereof that is capable of maintaining a Transforming Growth factor β in a latent state, wherein the Latency Associated Peptide, or a peptide analogue thereof, is not co-administered with Transforming Growth factor β.
A method of increasing the rate of dermal wound healing comprising topically administering to the skin of a subject in need of treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a DNA molecule encoding for a Latency Associated Peptide, or peptide analogue thereof, which is capable of maintaining a Transforming Growth Factor β in a latent state, said DNA molecule being capable of being transcribed to lead to the expression of said Latency Associated Peptide, or peptide analogue thereof, and wherein said DNA molecule is used without being incorporated in a vector.
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