Novel nutritional compositions supporting health and growth in mature and young animals are disclosed. The compositions are useful for the feeding of animals, particularly those used for food, performance animals, such as horses, and companion animals, such as dogs and cats. The nutritional compositions and supplements of the present invention are effective not only in supporting the growth and health but also in supporting and stimulating the immune system, and in mitigating undesirable infections. Additionally, particular fractions of the unique peptides produced by the disclosed methods can be separated and combined with and of a number health supporting ingredients, especially fatty acids which in combination with the peptides provide significantly enhanced health benefits.

A method includes: depositing whole blood into at least one separator tube; subjecting the at least one separator tube to a first centrifugal force to cause a combination of the first centrifugal force and separator gel within each separator tube of the at least one separator tube to separate plasma of the whole blood from red and white blood cells of the whole blood within the at least one separator tube, wherein the plasma includes α2M molecules; transferring one or more portions of the plasma from within the at least one separator tube and into at least one isolator; and subjecting the at least one isolator to a second centrifugal force to cause a combination of the second centrifugal force and a filter within each isolator of the at least one isolator to isolate the α2M molecules from other components of the plasma within the at least one isolator.

Methods and compositions for promoting donor-specific tolerance and immunocompetence to a recipient of a solid organ transplant, by implanting an allogeneic solid organ in a recipient in need of a solid organ transplant and further comprising surgical implantation of a tissue-engineered allogeneic cultured postnatal thymus tissue product in the recipient of a solid organ from a donor.

The disclosure provides apolipoprotein C-II (apoC-II) mimetic peptides and methods for treating hypertriglyceridemia in a patient with an effective amount of an apoC-II mimetic peptide.

The inventors have unexpectedly discovered that shock and/or potential multi-organ failure due to shock can be effectively treated by administration of liquid high-dose protease inhibitor formulations to a location upstream of where pancreatic proteases are introduced into the gastrointestinal tract. Most preferably, administration is directly to the stomach, for example, via nasogastric tube under a protocol effective to treat shock by such administration without the need of providing significant quantities of the protease inhibitor to the jejunum and/or ileum.

There is provided herein a composition for improving one or more health conditions comprising at least one keratin compound and beta-lactoglobulin (LGB) in a ratio of 1:1 to 1:5.

The invention pertains to the use of a probiotic and a beta-lactoglobulin-derived peptide in the manufacture of a product for use in inducing oral tolerance, and/or treatment, prevention or reducing the risk of allergy in a subject, in particular cow's milk protein allergy.

Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions are described. The compositions used in the methods include blood plasma and blood plasma fractions derived from blood plasma with efficacy in treating and/or preventing aging-related conditions such as cognitive disorders. The methods relate to a regimen of pulsed dosing of blood plasma or blood plasma fractions.

The present invention relates generally to methods for treating or preventing an adverse secondary neurological outcome in a subject following a haemorrhagic stroke accompanied by extravascular erythrolysis and release of cell-free haemoglobin (Hb) into a cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) comprising exposing the CSF of a subject in need thereof to a therapeutically effective amount of haptoglobin (Hp) and for a period of time sufficient to allow the Hp, or the functional analogue thereof, to form a complex with, and thereby neutralise, the cell-free Hb. Aspects of the invention further relate to compositions and kits of an artificial CSF comprising Hp.

Methods and compositions for promoting donor-specific tolerance and immunocompetence to a recipient of a solid organ transplant, by implanting an allogeneic solid organ in a recipient in need of a solid organ transplant and further comprising surgical implantation of a tissue-engineered allogeneic cultured postnatal thymus tissue product in the recipient of a solid organ from a donor.