The present invention provides an immunomodulator for use in the treatment and/or control of a neoplastic disease in a patient intended to undergo immunogenic cell death therapy simultaneously, separately or sequentially with administration of the immunomodulator. The therapy can be selected from microwave irradiation, targeted radiotherapy, embolisation, cryotherapy, ultrasound, high intensity focused ultrasound, cyberknife, hyperthermia, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, electrotome heating, hot water injection, alcohol injection, embolization, radiation exposure, photodynamic therapy, laser beam irradiation, and combinations thereof.

The present invention is a cannabidiol oral dosage form including predominantly or exclusively bacterially fermented hemp pomace, compounded as a tablet or formulated within a capsule generally without the addition of synthetic excipients, fillers or other additives, not including the inevitable presence of some moisture. The dosage forms contain dietary fiber, important to activity as the desired delivery system, having a ratio of one part soluble dietary fiber to 30 parts insoluble dietary fiber and delivers desirable/non hallucinogenic cannabinoids (CBD, CBG, etc.) in a ratio of 60:1 up to 120:1 to hallucinogenic cannabinoids (THC).

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to the field of treating and preventing osteoporosis, with particular embodiments directed to a method of ameliorating, treating, or preventing osteoporosis in a human subject employing tomatidine, xylitol, rapamycin, etc., as well as modifying an individuals microbiome to reduce the likelihood of osteoporosis.

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to the field of treating and preventing osteoporosis, with particular embodiments directed to a method of ameliorating, treating, or preventing osteoporosis in a human subject employing tomatidine, xylitol, rapamycin, etc., as well as modifying an individuals microbiome to reduce the likelihood of osteoporosis.

Methods and compositions are provided for treating weight related conditions and metabolic disorders by altering microbiota in a subject. One aspect provides methods and compositions to alter microbiota in a subject by administering to the subject a composition that includes a substantially purified microbiota from phyla such as Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Verrucomicrobia or orders such as Bacteroidales, Verrucomicrobiales, Clostridiales and Enterobacteriales or genera such as Alistipes, Clostridium, Escherichia, and Akkermansia. Another aspect includes a pharmaceutical composition for altering microbiota that includes a therapeutically effective amount of substantially purified microbiota and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Yet another aspect includes methods for treating a disorder, such as obesity, in a subject in need of such treatment by changing relative abundance of microbiota in a gastrointestinal tract of the subject without or in addition to a surgical procedure.

Methods and compositions are provided for treating weight related conditions and metabolic disorders by altering microbiota in a subject. One aspect provides methods and compositions to alter microbiota in a subject by administering to the subject a composition that includes a substantially purified microbiota from phyla such as Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Verrucomicrobia or orders such as Bacteroidales, Verrucomicrobiales, Clostridiales and Enterobacteriales or genera such as Alistipes, Clostridium, Escherichia, and Akkermansia. Another aspect includes a pharmaceutical composition for altering microbiota that includes a therapeutically effective amount of substantially purified microbiota and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Yet another aspect includes methods for treating a disorder, such as obesity, in a subject in need of such treatment by changing relative abundance of microbiota in a gastrointestinal tract of the subject without or in addition to a surgical procedure.

The dual microbial preparation contains the microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum and components of a physiological microbiome. The microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum and the physiological microbiome component are present in the dual preparation in a form which facilitates their germination, subsequent propagation and colonization of the target tissues. The microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum is incorporated in a quantity of 10.sup.3 to 10.sup.7 CFU (colony forming units), with 10.sup.4 to 10.sup.5 CFU per one cycle of application preferably. The physiological microbiome component contains 5×10.sup.6 to 5×10.sup.10 CFU, with 5×10.sup.7 to 5×10.sup.9 per one cycle of application preferably. The fermented substrate found in the Pythium oligandrum oomycete is the source of nutrients for both microbial components. The dual microbial preparation also contains at least one auxiliary substance from a group including a desiccant, components of a buffer system, an anti-caking substance and an agent for the creation of a physiological osmotic environment. The physiological microbiome component is a component of the human microbiome, one of the microbes of the green complex, such as the Capnocytophaga sputigena bacterium, or one of the components of the healthy skin microbiome, such as the Staphyloccocus epidermidis bacterium, or one of the components of the healthy vaginal microbiome, such as the peroxide producing Lactobacillus crispatus. Either the microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum or the physiological microbiome component is present in the dual microbial preparation in the form of inactivated cells, cell extracts or isolated cell fractionation. The microbial activator for the Pythium oligandrum oomycete is a yeast autolysate in a quantity of 0.1% to 10% weight of the total quantity of dual microbial preparation. The auxiliary substances are regulated in a way which allows for application in the form of an ointment, cream, oil or suppository or in the form of a liquid aqueous preparation.

The dual microbial preparation contains the microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum and components of a physiological microbiome. The microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum and the physiological microbiome component are present in the dual preparation in a form which facilitates their germination, subsequent propagation and colonization of the target tissues. The microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum is incorporated in a quantity of 10.sup.3 to 10.sup.7 CFU (colony forming units), with 10.sup.4 to 10.sup.5 CFU per one cycle of application preferably. The physiological microbiome component contains 5×10.sup.6 to 5×10.sup.10 CFU, with 5×10.sup.7 to 5×10.sup.9 per one cycle of application preferably. The fermented substrate found in the Pythium oligandrum oomycete is the source of nutrients for both microbial components. The dual microbial preparation also contains at least one auxiliary substance from a group including a desiccant, components of a buffer system, an anti-caking substance and an agent for the creation of a physiological osmotic environment. The physiological microbiome component is a component of the human microbiome, one of the microbes of the green complex, such as the Capnocytophaga sputigena bacterium, or one of the components of the healthy skin microbiome, such as the Staphyloccocus epidermidis bacterium, or one of the components of the healthy vaginal microbiome, such as the peroxide producing Lactobacillus crispatus. Either the microscopic oomycete Pythium oligandrum or the physiological microbiome component is present in the dual microbial preparation in the form of inactivated cells, cell extracts or isolated cell fractionation. The microbial activator for the Pythium oligandrum oomycete is a yeast autolysate in a quantity of 0.1% to 10% weight of the total quantity of dual microbial preparation. The auxiliary substances are regulated in a way which allows for application in the form of an ointment, cream, oil or suppository or in the form of a liquid aqueous preparation.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for treating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) including primary and recurrent CDI. In particular, the compositions and methods described herein are capable of achieving a CDI clearance rate of at least 80% through a single oral dose of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a freeze-dried fecal microbiota preparation.

There is provided an isolated E. coli strain deposited at the International Depositary Authority of Canada (IDAC) on Jun. 20, 2013 and attributed accession number 200613-01. There is also provided methods of using this strain for preventing edema disease or diarrhea caused by an F18 pathogenic E. coli infection in an animal.