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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Richard Heller, Temple Terrace, FL (US);
Melinda Lee Lucas, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Inventors:
Richard Heller, Temple Terrace, FL (US);
Melinda Lee Lucas, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 48/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/87 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with the present invention is provided a method of treating a subject having a cancerous tumor. The treatment protocol methodology includes injecting the cancerous tumor with an effective dose of plasmid coding for a therapeutic protein followed by administering electroporation therapy to the tumor, the electroporation therapy includes the administration of at least one high voltage, short duration pulse to the tumor.