METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT AND TREATMENT PREDICATED ON THE PRESENCE OF ADVANCED GLYCOSYLATION ENDPRODUCTS IN TOBACCO AND ITS COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS - Patent 0877943

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EP 0 877 943 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	18.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/47

(21)	Application number: 96944987.0

(22)	Date of filing: 23.12.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A24D 3/ 06^{( . )}
A24D 3/ 14^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 425^{( . )}
A61P 9/ 00^{( . )}
C07D 277/ 20^{( . )}
C07K 16/ 16^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 543^{( . )}

A24B 15/ 36^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 00^{( . )}
A61K 31/ 426^{( . )}
A61P 9/ 10^{( . )}
C07K 14/ 415^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 53^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 68^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/020526

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/023783 (03.07.1997 Gazette 1997/29)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV RO SI

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Priority:

26.12.1995 US 19950009218P
26.12.1995 US 19950009219P

(71)	Applicants:
	THE PICOWER INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH Manhasset, NY 11030 (US) ALTEON Inc. Ramsey, New Jersey 07446 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CERAMI, Anthony Shelter Island, NY 11964 (US) BUCALA, Richard, J. Cos Cob, CT 06807 (US) VLASSARA, Helen Shelter Island, NY 11964 (US) FOUNDS, Henry, W. Mendham, NJ 07945 (US) CERAMI, Clara J. New York, NY 10009 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul, et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT AND TREATMENT PREDICATED ON THE PRESENCE OF ADVANCED GLYCOSYLATION ENDPRODUCTS IN TOBACCO AND ITS COMBUSTION BYPRODUCTS