Described herein are engineered retroviral delivery vesicle generation compositions, systems, and methods to deliver a cargo to a cell. The engineered compositions, systems, and method include one or more polynucleotides encoding one or more elements for forming a delivery vesicle and optionally one or more cargos.

Human-derived virus-like particles (heVLPs), comprising a membrane comprising a phospholipid bilayer with one or more HERV-derived envelope proteins on the external side; one or more HERV-derived GAG proteins in the heVLP core, and a cargo molecule, e.g., a biomolecule and/or chemical cargo molecule, disposed in the core of the heVLP on the inside of the membrane, wherein the heVLP does not comprise a gag protein, except for gag proteins that are encoded in the human genome or gag proteins that are encoded by a consensus sequence that is derived from gag proteins found in the human genome, and methods of use thereof for delivery of the cargo molecule to cells.

The present invention aims to provide a method for preparing urothelial cells that can be applied to the treatments of urologic diseases, particularly, diseases caused by urothelial cell damage, diseases caused by loss of urothelial cells and dysfunction, and the like, urothelial cells prepared by said method, and a medium for inducing (generating) urothelial cells. Urothelial cells prepared by a method for inducing a urothelial cell, including a step of introducing at least one member selected from the group consisting of

FOXA1 (Forkhead box A1) gene or an expression product thereof,
TP63 (tumor protein P63) gene or an expression product thereof,
MYCL (L-Myc) gene or an expression product thereof, and
KLF4 (Kruppel-like factor 4) gene or an expression product thereof
to a mammalian somatic cell as an exogeneous factor can be applied to the treatment of urologic diseases.

The present invention provides a virus-like particle (VLP) having a viral envelope which comprises: (i) a membrane protein comprising the extracellular domain of CD86; and (ii) a CD3-binding membrane protein. The VLP may be used to activate T cells prior to viral transduction.

Provided herein, in some embodiments, are artificial ribosomes that synthesize nonribosomal peptides, polyketides, and fatty acids with full control over peptide sequence. Also provided herein are methods for programmed synthesis of nonribosomal peptides, polyketides, and fatty acids. In particular, provided herein are methods for scalable synthesis of a wide range of antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and anticancer compounds.

In this invention, a non-infectious particle has been produced, comprising a pathogen antigen protein caused to be expressed on the surface of a virus particle having at least one species of paramyxovirus envelope protein missing from the particle. This particle has been found to hold within the particle a large amount of antigen protein compared to an infectious particle, and to be capable of eliciting a host immune response with extremely high efficiency. The non-infectious particle according to the present invention is useful as a vaccine against a pathogenic virus, or the like.

The invention provides for novel immunostimulating peptides, peptide constructs and compositions. Further, the invention provides for methods of treatment utilising the peptides, peptide constructs and compositions.

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for targeting drug delivery including gene delivery to lung tissue, comprising at least a therapeutic drug or gene associated to a syncytin protein, and its use in the prevention and/or treatment of lung diseases, in particular in gene therapy of said diseases using lentiviral vector particles or lentivirus-like particles pseudotyped with syncytin protein.

Disclosed are recombinant Arc capsids. Disclosed are vectors comprising a nucleic acid sequence capable of encoding an Arc protein. Disclosed are cells comprising vectors comprising a nucleic acid sequence capable of encoding an Arc protein. Disclosed are methods of delivering mRNA to a cell comprising administering an Arc capsid to a cell, wherein the Arc capsid comprises an mRNA of interest. Disclosed are methods of delivering mRNA to a cell comprising administering any one of the disclosed vectors to a cell; and administering a mRNA of interest to the cell; wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes an Arc protein within the cell and Arc capsids are formed, wherein the Arc capsids encapsulate the mRNA of interest. Disclosed are methods of forming Arc capsids comprising administering a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence capable of encoding an Arc protein to a solution comprising cells, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes an Arc protein within the cells and Arc capsids are formed.

The present disclosure provides, at least in part, methods and compositions for in vivo fusosome delivery. In some embodiments, the fusosome comprises a combination of elements that promote specificity for target cells, e.g., one or more of a fusogen, a positive target cell-specific regulatory element, and a non-target cell-specific regulatory element. In some embodiments, the fusosome comprises one or more modifications that decrease an immune response against the fusosome.