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US 8,557,958 B1Granted
Compositions and methods for treatment of diabetes
AssigneeTarix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
InventorRichard Franklin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treatment and/or prevention of diabetes or pre-diabetes. In particular, the invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prevention of diabetes or pre-diabetes, based on the use of angiotensin-(1-7) peptides, functional equivalents thereof, and/or angiotensin (1-7) agonists.
Claims17
A method of treating diabetes comprising administering to a subject who is suffering from or susceptible to diabetes an angiotensin (1-7) peptide selected from
- i) Asp1-Arg2-Val3-Ser4-Ile5-His6-Cys7 (SEQ ID NO:
- 6);
- and
- ii) a cyclic peptide having the structure:
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.