The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, nucleic acids containing non-canonical nucleotides, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids, methods, kits, and devices for inducing cells to express proteins, methods, kits, and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods for inducing cells to express proteins and for reprogramming and gene-editing cells using RNA are disclosed. Methods for producing cells from patient samples, cells produced using these methods, and therapeutics comprising cells produced using these methods are also disclosed.

The present application provides methods and processes for making and using a mesenchymal stem cell secretome, as well as methods for treating ocular conditions and/disorders with the mesenchymal stem cell secretome described herein.

Provided are a composition for inducing cell transdifferentiation and use thereof in inducing the transdifferentiation of non-neuronal cells into neurons. The composition comprises a myosin inhibitor, and an isoxazole compound and/or a derivative thereof. Further provided is a method for inducing the transdifferentiation of non-neuronal cells into neurons, comprising: culturing the non-neuronal cells in an induction culture solution comprising a myosin inhibitor, and then culturing them in a mature culture solution comprising a myosin inhibitor, and an isoxazole compound and/or a derivative thereof, so as to obtain mature neurons. Also provided is a method for transdifferentiating non-neuronal cells within a subject into neurons, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a myosin inhibitor, and an isoxazole compound and/or a derivative thereof.

The present invention provides an artificial tissue culture comprising a heterogeneous population of cells of at least two different tissue sections, wherein said tissue sections are in a three dimensional structure, method of generating such a tissue and kits suitable for said method or maintain a three dimensional tissue culture.

The present disclosure relates to compositions, nucleic acid constructs, methods and kits thereof for cell induction or reprogramming cells to the dendritic cell state or antigen presenting cell state, based, in part, on the surprisingly effect described herein of novel use and combinations of transcription factors that permit induction or reprogramming of differentiated or undifferentiated cells into dendritic cells or antigen presenting cells. Such compositions, nucleic acid constructs, methods and kits can be used for inducing dendritic cells in vitro, ex vivo, or in vivo, and these induced dendritic cells or antigen presenting cells can be used for immunotherapy applications.

Provided herein are methods of producing natural killer cells using a two-step expansion and differentiation method. Also provided herein are methods of suppressing tumor cell proliferation, of treating individuals having cancer or a viral infection, comprising administering the NK cells produced by the method to an individual having the cancer or viral infection.

The present invention provides a serum-free polypeptide composition for promoting proliferation of mesenchymal stem cells. The composition mainly comprises: 10-100 μg/L of tripeptide-1; 1-20 μg/L of tripeptide-2, 1-20 μg/L of hexapeptide-9, 1-20 μg/L of palmitoyl hexapeptide-12; and 10-100 μg/L of a laminin-derived peptide. The serum-free polypeptide composition provided in the present disclosure has clear chemical components without animal origins or serum, can achieve rapid proliferation of the mesenchymal stem cells, and maintains the biological characteristics and immunophenotypic stability of the mesenchymal stem cells while solving the problem of the insufficient quantity of cells.

Provided are a medium composition for culturing animal cells for producing a recombinant extracellular matrix protein, a method of producing the recombinant extracellular matrix protein with high purity, and a method of assaying a monomer of the recombinant extracellular matrix protein.

The present invention relates to oligonucleotides that are capable of inducing expression of ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) from the paternal allele in animal or human neurons. The oligonucleotides target the suppressor of the UBE3A paternal allele by hybridization to SNHG14 long non-coding RNA downstream of SNORD109B. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of Angelman syndrome.

The invention relates to methods for the cryopreservation of a stem cell population, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) such as adipose-derived stromal stem cells (ASCs). More particularly, the invention relates to the use of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in cryopreservation methods, populations of cells obtained from said methods, compositions comprising said cells and uses thereof.