Disclosed are recombinant adenoviral compositions and methods for their use in treating disorders associated with epithelial tissues.

A culture medium is disclosed which comprises STAT3 activator, an ERK1/2 inhibitor and an Axin stabilizer, and optionally also a PKC inhibitor. Cell cultures comprising same and uses thereof are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to compositions, constructs and vectors for reprogramming cells into plasmacytoid dendritic cells or interferon type I-producing cells, methods and uses thereof. The present disclosure relates to the development of methods for making plasmacytoid dendritic cells or interferon type I-producing cells that promote antiviral and anti-tumoral immune responses from differentiated, multipotent or pluripotent stem cells by introducing and expressing isolated/synthetic transcription factors. More particularly, the disclosure provides methods for obtain plasmacytoid dendritic cells or interferon type I-producing cells by direct cellular reprogramming with the surprisingly use of combinations of specific transcription factors.

The invention provides a method of differentiating human pluripotent stem cells to ectodermal cell by treating human pluripotent stem cells, which are dissociated single cells, and inducing differentiation to ectodermal cells under conditions where a ROCK(Rho-kinase) inhibitor is present in a culture medium in contact with the cells after dissociation of the human pluripotent stem cells.

This invention generally relates to methods to obtain mammalian cells and tissues with patterns of gene expression similar to that of a developing mammalian embryo or fetus, and the use of such cells and tissues in the treatment of human disease and age-related conditions. More particularly, the invention relates to methods for identifying, expanding in culture, and formulating mammalian pluripotent stem cells and differentiated cells that differ from cells in the adult human in their pattern of gene expression, and therefore offer unique characteristics that provide novel therapeutic strategies in the treatment of degenerative disease.

Described herein are stein cells and related factors for treating degenerative and inflammatory disorders of lung tissue.

The invention provides for methods and materials to decellularize a solid organ and to recellularize such a decellularized organ to thereby generate a solid organ.

A method of generating an induced trophoblast stem cell (iTSC) from a human cell is provided. Accordingly there is provided a method comprising expressing within a human cell GATA3 and OCT4 transcription factors, under conditions which allow generation of an iTSC from the cell. Also provided is a method of rejuvenating and/or de-differentiating a human cell. Also provided are nucleic acid constructs, protein preparation, isolated human cells, human iTSCs, rejuvenated cells and de-differentiated cells.

The present invention relates to in vitro methods of enriching populations of human pluripotent stem cells that are induced to differentiate to cardiomyocyte progenitor cells and cardiomyocyte cells. The cell populations can be enriched by isolating cells that express SIRPA. The invention also related to in vitro-enriched populations of cardiomyocyte cells and cardiomyocyte progenitor cells obtained from populations of pluripotent stem.

The invention provides for methods and materials to decellularize a solid organ and to recellularize such a decellularized organ to thereby generate a solid organ.