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Method for externally treating the blood

  • US 4,398,906 A
  • Filed: 06/12/1981
  • Issued: 08/16/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for reducing the functioning population of a nucleated cell in the blood supply of a human subject, comprising the steps of:

  • withdrawing blood from said subject, and irradiating said withdrawn blood with UV radiation in the presence of from about 1 nanogram to 100 micrograms per ml of blood of a dissolved photoactive chemical agent having an affinity for the steroid receptors of the nucleated blood cell and capable when activated by said UV radiation of forming photo-adducts with said steroid receptors, to thereby effect chemical bonding between said photoactive chemical agent and said steroid receptors of the nucleated cells, thereby destroying the said receptors'"'"' ability to transmit cortisone and inhibiting the metabolic processes of said nucleated cells; and

    returning the irradiated blood to said subject.

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