Patent ID: 8192969

Claim:
A method for selectively interfering with pathological cells survival processes in vitro and in vivo comprising: arranging a tissue containing said cells in a working environment, generating static magnetic (S) fields crossing said working environment, generating electromagnetic extremely low frequency (ELF) fields over said working environment in addition to said S fields; modulating said S fields, setting the intensity of said S fields between 1 and 100 mT according to a predetermined function of intensity versus time; modulating said ELF fields according to a predetermined function of amplitude of intensity between 1 and 100 mT and frequency between 1 and 1000 Hz versus time; wherein said step of modulating said S fields provides setting intensity values I S1 , I S2 , . . . , I SN of said S fields for respective time intervals T 1 , T 2 , . . . , T n , wherein said step of modulating said ELF fields comprises setting intensity values I ELF1 , T ELF2 , . . . , I ELFn of said ELF fields for said respective time intervals T 1 , T 2 , . . . , T n . and wherein said step of modulating said S and ELF fields comprises setting an S/ELF intensity ratio according to a plurality of predetermined values I S1 /I ELF1 , I S2 /I ELF2 , . . . , I Sn /I ELFn , for said respective time intervals T 1 , T 2 , . . . , T n .