Patents Assigned to Cellfire Incorporated
  • Method of treating tumour cells using catalase
    Patent number: 5756091
    Abstract: A method of treating tumour cells comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an antioxidant. In accordance with one aspect of the invention a method of treating tumour cells is provided comprising administering an antioxidant in an amount effective for sensitizing the cells to radiation or to a chemotherapeutic agent. Preferably, the method is used to radiosensitive tumour cells during radiotherapy in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Cellfire Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert H. Ballagh, Jeff B. Jones