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US 10,869,855 B2Granted
Method for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis, and prostate cancer
AssigneeThe William M. Yarbrough Foundation
InventorMichael E. Silver
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Abstract
A method for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis, and/or prostate cancer, including the step of administering an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to a patient affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, and/or prostate cancer. In a preferred embodiment, the protonated form of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant is represented by the following chemical structure:
Claims17
A method for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis, and/or prostate cancer, comprising the step of:
- administering an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to a patient affected by benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, and/or prostate cancer, to, in turn, eliminate, modulate, and/or reduce macrophage migration inhibitory factor cytokine and/or its biological activity.
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