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US 6,251,385 B1Granted
Method of cancer treatment
OwnerDavid S. Termaninventor
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Abstract
Treatment of solid tumors, including their metastases, without radiation, surgery or standard chemotherapeutic agents is described. Ex vivo stimulation of cells, selection of specific Vβ subsets of stimulated cells and reinfusion of the Vβ subsets of stimulated cells is employed for cancer therapy.
Claims17
A composition of superantigen-stimulated cells useful for treating cancer, comprising a population of tumor-sensitized lymphocytes that that have been
- (a) obtained substantially free of bodily fluids, and
- (b) stimulated ex vivo, without added tumor cells or tumor antigens, with one or more superantigens to produce said superantigen-stimulated cells.
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