Patent ID: 8716222

Claim:
A method of treating a prematurely-birthed warm blooded animal, comprising: administering to said prematurely-birthed warm blooded animal a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising: i) colony stimulating factor-1 protein (CSF-1); ii) a precursor of CSF-1; iii) a variant of CSF-1, comprising an isoform of CSF-1; iv) an analogue of CSF-1 having retained substantial similarity in biological function to CSF-1; and/or v) a derivative of CSF-1 having retained substantial similarity in biological function to CSF-1; wherein: a) the treatment develops, enhances, or promotes a kidney, a lung, and/or a bone in the prematurely-birthed warm blooded animal; and b) the precursor, variant, analogue, or derivative of CSF-1 comprise the C-terminal fragment of CSF-1, comprising the C-terminal 150 amino acids of the 536 amino acid CSF-1 protein.