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Title: Methods for promoting wound healing and muscle regeneration with the cell signaling protein Nell1

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1016346

The present invention provides methods for promoting wound healing and treating muscle atrophy in a mammal in need. The method comprises administering to the mammal a Nell1 protein or a Nell1 nucleic acid molecule.

Research Organization:
UT-Battelle LLC/ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
Patent Number(s):
7,910,542
Application Number:
US Patent Application 12/238,882
OSTI ID:
1016346
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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