Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for isolating plasminogen from a blood plasma fraction comprising dispersing a precipitate of a blood plasma fraction containing plasminogen in a basic aqueous buffer, separating solid parts thereof and removing at least parts of other proteins, and extracting the plasminogen with an acidic aqueous buffer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising an epitope having a sequence homology of at least 75% to a sequence section of both Clostridium difficile toxin A and B. Moreover, the present invention refers to a vaccine comprising such polypeptide. The invention further relates to an antibody binding to Clostridium difficile toxins A and B and to a method for isolating and/or detecting such antibody and to uses of the polypeptides and antibodies.

Abstract: Surprisingly, it was found that zeolites can be used to decrease the concentration of inorganic ions, such as calcium ions, from a body fluid, such as plasma, in sufficient way. Such decrease of the concentration of inorganic ions, such as calcium ions, was found to lead to an inhibition of hemostasis including an inhibition of coagulation, especially inhibiting the activation of factor VII and the formation of fibrin.