Patent ID: 7045124

Claim:
A method for treating the symptoms of a neurological medical disorder mediated by accelerated rates of apoptosis in a mammalian body, which method comprises: (a) selecting a patient having or suspected of having a neurological medical disorder mediated by accelerated rates of apoptosis; (b) reacting an aliquot of blood from the mammalian body of said patient ex vivo with a stressor comprising both: an oxidative environment stressor wherein the oxidative environment is selected from the group consisting of liquid and gaseous oxidizing agents wherein the gaseous oxidizing agent is a mixture of ozone and medical grade oxygen; and an ultraviolet light stressor; and optionally a temperature stressor which is a temperature above or below body temperature; and (c) administering the aliquot of blood treated in step (b) to the mammalian body; thereby reducing the rate of apoptosis.