The invention provides compositions and methods for treating diseases such as cancer. The invention also relates to methods of making improved CART cell therapies, e.g., with increased level, expression, and/or activity of a TOX family protein, e.g., a TOX2 protein. The invention further provides TOX2 protein and TOX2 modulators, and methods of use of the same in connection with CART cells.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for monitoring viral synthesis inside a host cell. Compositions of the invention act as biosensors and can detect virus synthesized in a host cell in situ.

The present application discloses a lentiviral transfer system which includes: (i) a self-inactivating transfer vector comprising: multiple gene units, wherein each gene unit includes a heterologous nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a regulatory nucleic acid sequence; and (ii) a helper construct which lacks a 5′ LTR, wherein the 5′ LTR has been replaced with a heterologous promoter, in which the helper construct further comprises: a lentiviral env nucleic acid sequence containing a deletion, wherein the deleted env nucleic acid sequence does not produce functional env protein; and a packaging signal contains a deletion, wherein the deleted packaging signal is nonfunctional.

Disclosed herein are contiguous DNA sequences encoding highly compact multi-input genetic logic gates for precise in vivo cell targeting, and methods of treating disease using a combination of in vivo delivery and such contiguous DNA sequences.

Provided herein are genetically engineered gas vesicle expression systems (GVES) that are configured to express gas vesicles (GVs) in a mammalian cell, related gas vesicle polynucleotide constructs, gas vesicle reporting genetic circuits, vectors, genetically engineered mammalian cells, non-human mammalian hosts, compositions, methods and systems, which in several embodiments can be used together with contrast-enhanced imaging techniques to detect and report biological events in an imaging target site comprising a mammalian cell and/or organism.

This disclosure provides recombinant polycistronic nucleic acid molecules that contain at at least four nucleotide sequences that encode a protein of interest, particularly proteins that form complexes in vivo, each operably linked to a separate subgenomic promoter. In some embodiments these proteins and the complexes they form elicit potent neutralizing antibodies. Thus, presentation of herpes virus proteins using the disclosed platforms permits the generation of broad and potent immune responses useful for vaccine development.

The invention relates to a bonding and forming device for an inner box of a paper box and surface paper. The bonding and forming device comprises a stand, a lifting platform, a paper box inner support member, a flanging pressing plate, an ejector pin, a left hairbrush, a right hairbrush, a first pushing part, a front hairbrush, a rear hairbrush and a second pushing part and also comprises a driving device, a first control device a second control device, a third control device, a fourth control device and a fifth control device, wherein the driving device is used for driving the ejector pin to rise or fall; the first control device is used for controlling the paper box inner support member to rise or fall; the second control device is used for controlling the left hairbrush and the right hairbrush to stretch; the third control device is used for controlling the first pushing part to stretch; the fourth control device is used for controlling the front hairbrush and the rear hairbrush to stretch; the fifth control device is used for controlling the second pushing part to stretch; an inhibiting device is arranged between the first control device and the driving device; and the paper box inner support member and the flanging pressing plate are respectively provided with a through hole for the ejector pin to pass through. By adopting the technical scheme, according to the bonding and forming device for the inner box of the paper box and the surface paper, provided by the invention, the inner box and other surfaces of the surface paper can be automatically bonded to be formed after a bottom plate of the inner box and the bottom surface of the surface paper are bonded. The degree of automation is high and the production efficiency is high.

The present invention provides an expression vector, host cells, methods and kits for the treatment or prevention of a flavivirus infection in a subject.

The present invention relates to methods exogenous nucleic acid molecules, such as RNA, that encode an antibody or antigen-binding fragment of an antibody, and optionally encode a cellular modulation factor and/or a potentiation factor. The cellular modulation factor is a factor that results in increased expression of the antibody and/or antigen-binding fragment. The potentiation factor is a factor that provides desired antibody effector or other properties. The exogenous nucleic acid molecules can be DNA or RNA, as mRNA (including self-replication RNA and non-self-replicating RNA). The invention also relates method for administering the exogenous nucleic acid molecules to a subject to achieve production of the encoded antibody or antigen-binding fragment in the subject to provide, for example, prophylactic or therapeutic passive immunity.

The present invention generally provides improved gene therapy vectors, cell-based compositions, and methods of using the same in methods of gene therapy. The present invention further provides improved gene therapy compositions for expanding hematopoietic cells and related methods for treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions of the hematopoietic system such as thalassemias and anemias.