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US 4,724,144 AGranted
Immuno-therapeutic composition of killed cells from mycobacterium vaccae
AssigneeUniversity College London
InventorsGraham A. W. Rook, John L. Stanford
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Abstract
"Immuno-therapeutic agents of killed cells prepared from Mycobacterium Vaccae that are useful in the treatment of mycobacterial disease, especially tuberculosis or leprosy, in particular as an adjuvant to chemotherapy".
Claims11
An immunotherapeutic agent consisting essentially of killed cells of Mycobacterium vaccae.
Method of treating mycobacterial disease which comprises administering to a subject suffering therefrom, in association with chemotherapy, killed cells of Mycobacterium vaccae in an amount sufficient to provoke an immune response effective against mycobacteria that survive the chemotherapy.
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