Abstract: A method for producing stem cell conditioned media for treatment of neurological insults is provided herein. By providing for the culture of adipose stem cells, and collecting the supernatants thereof, the supernatants have been shown to effect biological activity in preventing neural death when the supernatants are administered to a patient that has or is about to be subjected to a neural insult.

Abstract: A method of treating a neurodegenerative or cardiovascular disorder with a compound of the following formula: 1

Abstract: As discussed above the present invention in a first aspect thereof relates to the use of a tetracycline, preferably minocycline, for manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment or prevention of a disorder selected from Parkinson's disease and related disorders, preferably Parkinson's disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides according to the first aspect thereof a human anti-&bgr;-amyloid antibody obtained by purification from a human IgG-containing bodyfluid by A&bgr;-affinity chromatography. In a second aspect the invention provides a method of purification of an anti-A&bgr;-amyloid antibody, said method comprising the steps of obtaining a human IgG-containing bodyfluid, subjecting the bodyfluid obtained to an A&bgr;-affinity chromatography, and recovering the purified anti-A&bgr; antibody from the chromatography medium. Finally the invention provides for use of the above anti-A&bgr; antibody for diagnosing and/or treating amyloid associated diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease and for a pharmaceutical composition comprising said antibody for treatment of Alzheimer's disease.