Abstract: The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I, lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A method for treating metabolic disorders includes determining a treatment group comprising obese non-infant humans; formulating a composition comprising one or more synthetic non-fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) and/or 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), and lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), that are effective for: increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of a non-infant human during a treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage; and reducing the precursor condition in at least one non-infant human in the treatment group by providing the composition to the at least one no

Abstract: A method for treating metabolic disorders in non-infant includes administering to an obese non-infant human during a treatment period an effective amount of a mixture of two or more synthetic neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and optionally one or more excipients. The method further includes increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human during the treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing in the non-infant human during the treatment period, a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient one or more neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I, lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and combinations thereof

Abstract: The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient a mixture comprising 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT).

Abstract: A method for treating metabolic disorders in non-infant includes administering to an obese non-infant human during a treatment period an effective amount of a mixture of two or more synthetic neutral human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) selected from 2?-fucosyllactose (2?FL), 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), difucosyllactose (DFL), lacto-N-fucopentaose I (LNFP-I), lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT), and optionally one or more excipients. The method further includes increasing in the gastrointestinal microbiota of the non-infant human during the treatment period, the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and reducing in the non-infant human during the treatment period, a precursor condition for a metabolic disorder associated with development of one or more of obesity-induced pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, the precursor condition selected from gut permeability, metabolic endotoxemia, low-grade metabolic inflammation, and body fat percentage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic composition comprising one or more human milk monosaccharides and/or one or more human milk oligosaccharides for use in reducing intestinal permeability, endotoxemia and/or low-grade inflammation in patients with metabolic disorders.

Abstract: The application relates to a method for treating a patient with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), the method comprising administering to the patient a mixture comprising 2?-fucosyllactose (2?-FL) and lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT).

Abstract: The application relates to synthetic composition containing one or more human milk mono- or oligosaccharides which promote mucosal healing in inflammatory GI conditions of humans.

Abstract: The application relates to synthetic compositions containing one or more human milk mono- or oligosaccharides for use treating irritable bowel syndrome.

Abstract: The invention relates to a synthetic composition comprising one or more human milk monosaccharides and/or one or more human milk oligosaccharides for use in reducing intestinal permeability, endotoxemia and/or low-grade inflammation in patients with metabolic disorders.

Abstract: The application relates to synthetic compositions containing one or more human milk mono- or oligosaccharides for treating non-infectious diarrhoea.

Abstract: Prolyl and lysyl hydroxylases isolated from Mimivirus are described. These are able to hydroxylate collagen. Isolated nucleic acids coding for the mentioned hydroxylases are incorporated into suitable vectors and used to express these hydroxylases in host cells, e.g. E. coli. Furthermore a method of manufacturing hydroxylated collagen in a host cell is described. The hydroxylases and the recombinantly expressed hydroxylated collagen are useful in clinical settings and biotechnology applications.