The present invention discloses a method for screening, activating, amplifying and cryopreserving mesenchymal stem cells in vitro and establishing a cell bank of mesenchymal stem cells. The method includes the following steps: using a dedicated primary screening medium of mesenchymal stem cells for first-stage screening culture to obtain purified mesenchymal stem cells; using a dedicated activation and amplification medium of mesenchymal stem cells to perform second-stage activation and large-scale amplification culture on the purified mesenchymal stem cells to obtain a large number of mesenchymal stem cells with activation functions; using a dedicated cryopreserving fluid of mesenchymal stem cells to cryopreserve the stem cells and performing preservation according to ABO/RH typing and HLA typing; and establishing an information file for retrieval to construct a mesenchymal stem cell bank.

The present invention relates to a cryopreservation formulation comprising collagen hydrolysate and preferably comprising dimethylsulfoxide. The present furthermore relates to a method for cryopreservation of one or more biological materials, the method comprising the step of providing the one or more biological materials in the cryopreservation formulation comprising collagen hydrolysate and preferably dimethylsulfoxide. The present invention also relates to a use of the cryopreservation formulation comprising collagen hydrolysate and preferably dimethylsulfoxide for cryopreservation of one or more biological materials selected from the group consisting of an eukaryotic cell, a prokaryotic cell, a cell organelle, an extracellular vesicle, an organoid, a tissue, and an organ. The present invention also relates to a use of collagen hydrolysate, preferably in combination with dimethylsulfoxide, in preparing a cryopreservation formulation.

Methods and materials for cryopreservation of precision-cut tissue slices, including precision-cut liver slices (PCLS), where the slices are vitrified. A cryoprotective solution comprising high amounts of ethylene glycol in combination with sucrose are used and high cooling rates greater than the critical cooling rate for avoidance of ice formation are used in a method which results in vitrification of the tissue slices without toxicity and with increased viability after rewarming. Methods and materials can be used for production of PCLS which can be stored at cryoprotective temperatures for extended periods of time.

The present invention provides compositions comprising chimeric receptors, including chimeric costimulatory receptors (CCRs), and/or chemokine receptors, methods for preparing CCRs and/or chemokine receptors, and therapeutic populations of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes, marrow infiltrating lymphocytes, and peripheral blood lymphocytes expressing CCRs and/or chemokine receptors with increased therapeutic performance and other advantages for the treatment of cancers, including solid tumor cancers.

The disclosure provides methods for improving sperm function and fertilizing ability for assisted reproduction techniques. The methods provided by the disclosure, in some embodiments entail sequential changes of temperature, bicarbonate concentration, albumin concentration and calcium ionophore.

Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods including T-cell cultures enriched for gdT cells, the gdT cells expressing a CAR, and related methods for generating said cells. In an aspect provided herein is a method for generating a T-cell culture enriched for gamma delta T-cells (gd T-cells or T cells). In another aspect, a method for generating a gdT-cell expressing a Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) is provided. The method includes introducing a nuclei acid encoding a CAR to a gdT-cell obtained as provided herein, including embodiments thereof.

The present invention relates to a macrophage, genetically engineered to overexpress Interleukin-10 (IL-10) or IL-10 in combination with Matrix Metallopeptidase 9 (MMP9). Such a macrophage may be for use in treatment of an inflammatory condition in a subject such as inflammatory organ damage. The inflammatory condition may be acute or chronic and may involve a fibrotic element.

Embodiments of the present invention may provide protecting, preserving, and even repairing biological cells during in vitro processing. A uniform environment such as a protective layer with exogeneous lipids may be formed around biological cells which may interact with the plasma membranes of the cells.

Lyophilizate powder of stem cells from cervids includes lyophilized powder from stem cells of an antler and lyophilized powder from a conditioned medium. The lyophilized powder from stem cells of an antler includes whole cell lyophilized powder from whole cell components, and the conditioned medium is the conditioned medium after culturing the stem cells of an antler.