Article: Louisiana Inventor Develops Hyperthermia Treatment Method

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 7 -- Gholam A. Peyman of New Orleans has developed a method for the hyperthermia treatment of tissue in a target site that applies a heat source to kill cells without protein denaturization.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method introduces an encapsulated dye that is released at a selected temperature in the target site to indicate that a threshold temperature has been reached to hyperthermally treat the tissue. In one embodiment, the composition releases the dye at a temperature of 42 degree Celsius (C) to 50 degree C, and preferably about 45 degree C to 49 degree C. The composition which can be a liposome composition encapsulating the dye ...

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