Methods of treating diseased cells

Abstract

Diseased cells are removed from a patient or other system, contacted with an interferon for at least 48 hours, and reintroduced into the system. In preferred methods the diseased cells are afflicted with a cancer, a bacterium, a virus or a fungus, and the interferon is an alpha interferon. The diseased cells are preferably contacted with the interferon for a relatively long period of time, such as 2, 5, 7, 10, 14 days, or even longer, and at least partially inactivated before being reintroduced.

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