The present invention features compositions and methods for editing deleterious mutations associated with hemoglobinopathies, such as sickle cell disease (SCD). In particular embodiments, the invention provides methods for correcting mutations in a beta globin polynucleotide using modified adenosine base editors termed “ABE8” having unprecedented levels (e.g., >60-70%) of efficiency.

A triple syringe system that allows for a larger combined output of PRP (platelet rich plasma) and PPP (platelet poor plasma). The multi-syringe system allows for the connection of two or more additional syringes. The fractions may be extracted with the multi-syringe system of the present invention at different sequential times, or at the same time.

Methods for using cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors to enhance growth and self-renewal of progenitor cells, in vitro and in vivo.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for producing hydrogel matrix constructs. Methods of using hydrogel matrix constructs for tissue repair and regeneration and for the oxygenation of red blood cells are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a process for producing cultured red blood cells from stem cells or cells of an immortalized cell line of the erythroid lineage.

The present invention relates to processes and systems for preparing nanoparticles, cellular or viral membranes and/or cellular or viral membrane coated nanoparticles using or comprising, inter alia, a multi-inlet vortexing reactor, tangential flow filtration (TFF) and/or a high shear fluid processor such as a microfluidizer (or a microfluidizer processor). The present invention also relates to the nanoparticles, cellular or viral membranes and/or cellular or viral membrane coated nanoparticles prepared by the present processes and systems, and the uses and/or applications of the nanoparticles, cellular or viral membranes and/or cellular or viral membrane coated nanoparticles.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for producing hydrogel matrix constructs. Methods of using hydrogel matrix constructs for tissue repair and regeneration and for the oxygenation of red blood cells are also disclosed.

The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for producing hydrogel matrix constructs. Methods of using hydrogel matrix constructs for tissue repair and regeneration and for the oxygenation of red blood cells are also disclosed.

An integrated molecular diagnostics system (iMDx) for the detection of Dengue Fever at point-of-care, wherein blood plasma separation for the selective separation of the Dengue virus from the whole blood, LED-driven photothermal lysis of the Dengue virus for the RNA extraction, and LED-driven rapid optical cavity PCR for the amplification of Dengue viral RNA are integrated on-chip within a single micro-fluidic device.

It is an object of the present invention a method to introduce compounds inside red blood cells comprising: —providing red blood cells from a subject; —providing one or more compounds to be encapsulated in said red blood cells; —providing a loading device comprising a microporous matrix; —feeding said loading device with a suspension comprising said red blood cells and said one or more compounds; —collecting the red blood cells exiting from said loading device, which are encapsulated red blood cells; characterized in that: —said red blood cells and said one or more compound are in suspension at a pH of between 6.8 and 7.8, preferably of between 7.35 and 7.45; —the pores in said microporous matrix have a minimum size of at least 3 times the size of a red blood cell, that is a minimum size of at least 20 μm; —the pores in said microporous matrix have an average size of between 30 and 500 μm, or of between 40 and 400 μm, or of between 50 and 350 μm, or of between 100 and 250 μm; —said porous matrix has a length L of at least 1 mm and a width W and a height H such that it comprises at least one unit cell, said unit cell being equal to the microporous matrix volume that, repeated by rototranslation through the vectors that generate the matrix, fills the whole matrix itself; wherein said loading device is fed with said suspension in such a way to obtain an average fluid speed of between 10.sup.−4 and 10 m/s. Further objects of the present invention are a microporous matrix, a loading device comprising the same, a fluidic circuit and a machine for implementing said method and red blood cells encapsulated with at least one compound according to said method.