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US 8,147,846 B2Granted
Method for the treatment of airway diseases
AssigneeBoard of Trustees of Michigan State University
InventorsAlberto Leonel Mendoza, Robert Louis Glass
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Abstract
A method for the treatment of allergic airway diseases in mammals related to Pythiosis insidiosum is described. The method relies upon an immunotherapeutic product of pythium proteins as antigens. The method is particularly useful in equine cicatrix.
Claims10
A method for treatment of equine allergic airway disease, which comprises:
- injecting or orally dosing the equine with a treatment effective amount of an immunotherapeutic product comprising at least one isolated protein of Pythium insidiosum which treats the disease;
- said injecting or oral dosing occurring in multiple doses over a time period sufficient to lessen breathing difficulties.
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