Patents Assigned to The Practer & Gamble Company
  • Hair growth regulating composition comprising epithelium cell supernatant-derived growth factor
    Patent number: 5130142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for regulating hair growth comprising a safe and effective amount of a supernatant derived from a culture of epithelial cells which comprises a growth stimulating factor with characteristics of mitogenicity to dermal papilla cells, mitogenicity to 3T3 cells, lack of mitogenicity to epidermal cells, and a molecular weight of greater than about 3,000D; and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1992
    Assignee: The Practer & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Teresa K. Wong, Raphael Warren