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Miragen Licenses miR-145 IP from University of Glasgow

Mar 07, 2013
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Miragen Therapeutics said this week that it has taken an exclusive license to intellectual property held by the University of Glasgow that is related to the use of microRNA-145 in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Cardiovascular Disease
pulmonary arterial hypertension
University of Glasgow
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