Treatment of conditions of the central nervous system using mycobacteria
OwnerGraham A.W.I. Rook, Christopher Alan Lowry +1inventors
InventorsGraham A.W.I. Rook, Christopher Alan Lowry, Stafford Louis Lightman
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Abstract
Treatment of conditions of the central nervous system, such as pain, mental disorders such as schizophrenia and stress-related disorders such as depression, using mycobacterial material, especially M. vaccae material.
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Use of mycobacterial material in the manufacture of a medicament for use in a method of treating a condition of the central nervous system (CNS) with the proviso that the condition is not a mental disease associated with an auto-immune reaction.
A method of treatment of a condition of the central nervous system (CNS), with the proviso that the condition is not a mental disease associated with an auto-immune reaction, the method comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a therapeutic composition comprising mycobacterial material.
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