Abstract: Therapeutic and diagnostic methods of use for the growth factor transforming growth factor .beta., are provided by this invention. In accordance with preferred embodiments, methods of determining competence of a conceptus toward uterine implantation are provided as are methods for determining female infertility in mammals.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 13, 1994
Date of Patent:
December 2, 1997
Assignees:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Trustees of Yale University