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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
May. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ehud Ben-Hur, New York, NY (US);
Zvi Malik, Emek Hefer, IL;
Assignee:
New York Blood Center, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514561 ; 514410 ; 514185 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating a viral infection in a subject. The method comprises administering to the subject an amount of 5-aminolevulinic acid and an iron-chelating agent to cause virus-infected cells to accumulate protoporphyrin in amounts such that upon application of a sufficient dose of red light, the virus-infected, protoporphyrin-accumulated cells will be destroyed; and applying a sufficient dose of red light to the virus-infected, protoporphyrin-accumulated cells to destroy the virus-infected, protoporphyrin-accumulated cells.