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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
Kevin D. Cooper, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Nancy L. Oleinick, University Heights, OH (US);
Malcolm E. Kenney, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Thomas S. Mccormick, Orange Village, OH (US);
Jeffrey C. Berlin, Clayville, NY (US);
Elma D. Baron, Concord, OH (US);
Kevin D. Cooper, Moreland Hills, OH (US);
Nancy L. Oleinick, University Heights, OH (US);
Malcolm E. Kenney, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Thomas S. McCormick, Orange Village, OH (US);
Jeffrey C. Berlin, Clayville, NY (US);
Elma D. Baron, Concord, OH (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to topical pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phthalocyanine, wherein a diamagnetic metal ion moiety is either coordinated or covalently bound to the phthalocyanine core. The invention also relates to methods for destroying cancer tissue, precancerous cells, photo-aged cells, damaged cells, or otherwise pathologic cells, or activated cells, such as lymphocytes or other cells of the immune system, or activated or inflamed tissue cells comprising topically administering to the cancer tissue or surrounding tissue an effective amount of a phthalocyanine composition.