Photophoretic auto immune stimulation
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1. A method of sensitizing a patient'"'"'s immune system comprising:
- obtaining a sample quantity of said patient'"'"'s blood;
forming a reagent comprising an ultraviolet light-sensitive chemical;
mixing said sample of said patient'"'"'s blood with said reagent to form a blood-reagent mixture;
exposing said blood-reagent mixture to ultraviolet light to establish photophoresis and to establish the formation of a treated blood-reagent mixture; and
administering said treated blood-reagent mixture to the blood stream of said patient for establishing sensitization of said patient'"'"'s immune system.
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Abstract
A method of sensitizing a patient'"'"'s immune system is disclosed. The method includes forming a reagent comprising an ultraviolet light-sensitive chemical, and optionally an antibody. The method preferably includes wherein the antibody is specific for a target cell of a patient, a target host cell of a patient or a blood-borne microbial pathogen. A composition is provided comprising an antibody and an ultraviolet light-sensitive chemical wherein the ultraviolet light-sensitive chemical is preferably a psoralen or psoralen-derived light-sensitive chemical.
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1. A method of sensitizing a patient'"'"'s immune system comprising:
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obtaining a sample quantity of said patient'"'"'s blood;
forming a reagent comprising an ultraviolet light-sensitive chemical;
mixing said sample of said patient'"'"'s blood with said reagent to form a blood-reagent mixture;
exposing said blood-reagent mixture to ultraviolet light to establish photophoresis and to establish the formation of a treated blood-reagent mixture; and
administering said treated blood-reagent mixture to the blood stream of said patient for establishing sensitization of said patient'"'"'s immune system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of sensitizing a patient'"'"'s immune system to a target immunogen or target immunogens comprising:
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obtaining a sample quantity of said patient'"'"'s blood;
forming a reagent comprising an antibody and an ultraviolet light-sensitive chemical;
mixing said sample of said patient'"'"'s blood with said reagent to form a blood-reagent mixture;
exposing said blood-reagent mixture to ultraviolet light to establish photophoresis, and to establish the formation of a treated blood-reagent mixture; and
administering said treated blood-reagent mixture to the blood stream of said patient for establishing sensitization of said patient'"'"'s immune system to said target immunogen or said target immunogens. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A composition comprising:
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an antibody, and an ultraviolet light-sensitive chemical. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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