Described herein are biological devices and methods for using the same to produce oxidized zinc. The biological devices include microbial cells transformed with a DNA construct containing genes for producing a zinc-related protein, an alkaline phosphatase, and an alcohol dehydrogenase. In some instances, the biological devices also include a gene for lipase. The oxidized zinc compositions produced herein have numerous applications.

Injectable compositions that can be added to parenteral nutrition are provided. In particular, a stable injectable composition is provided which includes water, and at least one of about 800 μg to about 4,000 μg of zinc, about 40 μg to about 400 μg of copper, from about 4 μg to about 90 μg of selenium, or from about 1 μg to about 80 μg of manganese per 1 mL of the injectable composition. Methods of preparing and using of the stable injectable composition are also provided.

Biodegradable, cross-linked polymer particle embolics and methods of making the same are described. The particle embolics can be used as embolization agents.

The proposed preparation and methods relate to medicinal microbiology and pharmacology, and relate to preparations exhibiting an immunostimulatory effect, which may be used for the prevention and treatment of oncological diseases. The essence of the preparation and methods consists in a primary component of the preparation including a polyvalent corpuscular antigen, prepared on the basis of Treponema pallidum culture strains. The proposed preparation exhibits an immunostimulatory effect, with a primary influence on components of T-cell immunity. The proposed preparation, in a preventative therapeutic application, is effective with regard to tumors of various histogenesis.

This invention relates generally to methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of critical illness myopathy and critical illness polyneuropathy and of critical illness myopathy and critical illness polyneuropathy caused by critical illnesses including sepsis, severe sepsis, severe sepsis with septic shock, and particularly to the use of a combination of parenteral or enteral feeding with a 3-hydroxybutyrate.

Multibiotic agents are disclosed. The multibiotic agents may contain two or more moieties linked through bonds cleavable in vivo. The bonds cleavable in vivo can be ester bonds, amide bonds, azo bonds, glycosidic bonds, carbonate linkers, or carbamate linkers. The moieties can be alcohol cores, amine cores, and/or acyls. Also disclosed are compositions containing multibiotic agents and methods of using the multibiotic agents.

Disclosed are compounds and compositions for the activation or induction of expression of a pattern recognition receptor (e.g., STING, RIG-I, MDA5), and methods of use thereof.

Provided are multi-arm polymer conjugates of Toll-Like Receptor (“TLR”) agonists such as TLR 7/8 agonists, as well as related compositions, and methods of making and using such conjugates. Exemplary conjugates are encompassed by Formula I: (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, where R, taken together with each Q, is a residue of a polyol, polythiol, or polyamine bearing from 3 to about 50 hydroxyl, thiol, or amino groups; each Q is a linker selected from oxygen, sulfur and —NH; each POLY is independently a water-soluble, non-peptidic polymer; each Xr is independently a linkage-containing spacer moiety; q is a positive integer from 3 to about 50; and each TLR 7/8 AG is a Toll-like receptor 7/8 agonist. Also provided is a method of administering to a patient having cancer (a) an IL-2Rβ-activating amount of a long-acting, IL-2Rβ-selective agonist; and (b) a Toll-like receptor agonist such as a conjugate as described above, as well as related compositions, kits and methods.
RQ-POLY-Xr-TLR7/8 AG).sub.q  (I)

The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition including a probiotic and a prebiotic for treatment of stunting in children. More particularly, the pharmaceutical composition includes at least one Lactobacillus specie(s) as a probiotic and at least one oligosaccharide as a prebiotic. The present invention further provides a method of treatment of stunting including administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition including a probiotic and a prebiotic to children in need thereof.

The present invention provides an anti-IGF-I receptor antibody that binds specifically to an IGF-I receptor of a vertebrate and has the proliferation-inducing activity of a vertebrate-derived cell, or a fragment thereof, or derivatives of these.