Biological materials and uses thereof
The present invention concerns a peptide molecule or a nucleic acid molecule, for use in medicine and, in particular, for use in preventing or treating a non-cancerous condition or relieving pain in a patient. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the peptide or nucleic acid molecule of the invention and methods of treatment thereof.
1. A chemically synthesized peptide molecule consisting of the polypeptide sequence:
DGSVVVNKVSELPAGHGLNVNTLSYGDLAAD (SEQ ID NO: 8).
2. A peptide molecule as defined in claim 1 for use in medicine.
3. A pharmaceutical composition comprising or consisting of a peptide molecule as defined in claim 1 , and a pharmaceutically-acceptable excipient.
4. A method of treating allergic airways diseases in a patient comprising the step of administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a peptide molecule as defined in claim 1 .