Patent ID: 7635466

Claim:
A method for treating human cancers or tumors comprising the step of administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising: 1) a recombinant polypeptide produced by a non-human host transformed by a recombinant DNA molecule comprising a DNA sequence selected from the group consisting of: (a) DNA sequences which are capable of hybridizing to any of the DNA inserts of G-pBR322(Pst)/HFIF1, G-pBR322(Pst)/HFIF3 (DSM 1791), G-pBR322(Pst)/HFIF6 (DSM 1792), and G-pBR322(Pst)/HFIF7 (DSM 1793) under hybridizing conditions of 0.75 M NaCl at 68° C. and washing conditions of 0.3 M NaCl at 68° C., and which code for a polypeptide displaying antiviral activity, and (b) DNA sequences which are degenerate as a result of the genetic code to the DNA sequences defined in (a); said DNA sequence being operatively linked to an expression control sequence in the recombinant DNA molecule; and 2) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.