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Claims for Patent: 5,958,384

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Summary for Patent: 5,958,384

Title:	Use of emu oil for stimulating skin and hair growth
Abstract:	The present invention is directed to the discovery that topical or parenteral administration of emu oil to a mammal stimulates the proliferation of skin. Emu oil can be used to treat skin wrinkles and rejuvenate aged and photo-damaged skin. It has also been discovered that emu oil can be topically applied to stimulate melanogenesis in the skin and to stimulate hair growth. Thus, emu oil is useful to treat pigmentation disorders such as hypopigmentation, stimulating melanogenesis to enhance skin tanning, and treating disorders relating to disturbances in hair cycling such as alopecia, male pattern baldness, female baldness, and chemotherapy-induced alopecia.
Inventor(s):	Holick; Michael F. (Sudbury, MA)
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Application Number:	09/066,598
Patent Claims:	1. A method for treating skin conditions of skin slackness, wrinkles, dry skin and insufficient sebum secretion, wherein said conditions are a result of aging, comprising topically or parenterally applying to the skin of a mammal emu oil, or a biologically active fraction thereof, in an amount effective to increase the proliferation of epidermal cells, with the proviso that said conditions are not the result of photodamaged skin. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein non-fractionated emu oil is applied to the skin. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said emu oil or biologically active fraction thereof, is applied as a mixture with an active vitamin D compound. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein said emu oil is applied as a mixture with a peptide at least 3 amino acids long, having 10% or greater homology with a region of human parathyroid hormone or human parathyroid hormone related peptide, and having the ability to enhance proliferation of mammalian cells. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said peptide has greater than 50% homology with said region. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein said peptide is PTH (7-34).

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Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
Nps Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	NATPARA	parathyroid hormone	For Injection	125511	01/23/2015	⤷ Try a Trial	2015-05-03
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