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US Patent Number

5656420

Publication Date

8-12-1997

Abstract

This invention concerns a method for extending the survival time of mammalian lung tissue subjected to ischemia, by which said tissue is perfused with a preservation solution comprising a therapeutic dose of the delta opioid DADLE ([D-Ala2,D-Leu5]-Enkephalin) under hypothermic conditions.

Assignees

University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, Ky.

Application Number

393,642

Filing Date

02/24/1995

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