METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR EXTENDING THE LIFE SPAN AND INCREASING THE STRESS RESISTANCE OF CELLS AND ORGANISMS - Patent 1551964

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EP 1 551 964 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	19.05.2005

(43)	Date of publication:
	13.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/28

(21)	Application number: 03788377.4

(22)	Date of filing: 08.08.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C12N 9/12, C12N 1/20, C12Q 1/00, C12Q 1/58, C07H 21/04, A01N 25/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/025016

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/016726 (26.02.2004 Gazette 2004/09)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

09.08.2002 US 402254 P
22.11.2002 US 428614 P

(71)	Applicant: THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
	Cambridge, MA 02114 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	SINCLAIR, David, A. West Roxbury, MA 02132 (US) BITTERMAN, Kevin, J. Boston, MA 02115 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lee, Nicholas John et al
	Haseltine Lake & Co.,Imperial House,15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)

(54)	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR EXTENDING THE LIFE SPAN AND INCREASING THE STRESS RESISTANCE OF CELLS AND ORGANISMS