Biocontrol Technology Inc. of Indiana, Pa., said Wednesday thata medical advisory team associated with the company appliedfor a patent for a specialized method for whole-bodyhypothermia, including extracorporeal blood heating, anexperimental procedure for the treatment of various bloodviruses.

The company said it plans to use this procedure in a study withpatients infected with the AIDS virus.

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