The invention relates to induced pluripotent stem cells that are generated from cells, for example Adult Stem Cells, that are conditionally-immortalisable. In particular, the invention relates to induced pluripotent stem cells generated from stem cell lines comprising a controllable transgene for conditional immortalisation, and the progeny of those induced pluripotent stem cells such as cells of the haematopoietic lineage. Induced pluripotent stem cells, haematopoietic progeny cells derived from those pluripotent cells, compositions comprising those cells, methods of making all of those cells, and uses of all of those cells are also described.

The present invention provides methods and compostions to improve the efficiency of somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT). There is increasing evidence that the epigenetic state of donor nuclei has a significant impact on potential of nuclear transfer embryos to develop into blastocysts, from which pluripotent stem cells are derived. Strategic application of histone agents, capable of altering epigenetic state such as methylation, allows zygotic activation and robust blastocyst generation.

The invention provides methods for reprogramming somatic cells to generate multipotent or pluripotent cells. Such methods are useful for a variety of purposes, including treating or preventing a medical condition in an individual. The invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reprograms somatic cells to a less differentiated state.

Embodiments disclosed here are production methods and compositions of engineered immune cells, such as B or T lymphocytes, from limited lineage myeloid progenitor cells, or from pluripotent stem cells, or from multilineage hematopoietic progenitor cells comprising the addition of various cell differentiation transcription factors and inhibiting epigenetic histone methylations in said cells.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing induced neural stem cells which are reprogrammed from differentiated cells. The method of producing the induced neural stem cells according to the present invention enables preparation of the induced neural stem cells from non-neuronal cells using only two inducing factors of SOX2 and HMGA2. Therefore, the method of the present invention can prepare induced neural stem cells in a more efficient manner than the conventional methods, which use four or five inducing factors. Additionally, the method of the present invention shows significantly higher inducing efficiency and proliferation capacity than when only a single SOX2 gene is used, thus increasing its potency to be used for therapeutic purposes.

Described herein a polycistronic expression cassettes and expression vectors that include a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid segment that encodes a Sox2 and Klf4 polypeptide. The nucleic acid segment can also encode a c-Myc polypeptide. Expression of such polycistronic expression cassettes/vectors in host cells can reprogram the host cells to stem cells or other types of reprogrammed cells.

According to the present disclosure, provided is a method for manufacturing induced pluripotent stem cells including preparing cells and introducing RNA into the cells, wherein the RNA includes RNA encoding a reprogramming factor and wherein, in the RNA introduced into the cells, double-stranded RNA is substantially removed.

The invention provides compositions and methods of use in reprogramming somatic cells. Compositions and methods of the invention are of use, e.g., for generating or modulating (e.g., enhancing) generation of induced pluripotent stem cells by reprogramming somatic cells. The reprogrammed somatic cells are useful for a number of purposes, including treating or preventing a medical condition in an individual. The invention further provides methods for identifying an agent that reprograms somatic cells to a pluripotent state and/or enhances the speed and/or efficiency of reprogramming. Certain of the compositions and methods relate to modulating the Wnt pathway.

The present invention relates in part to methods for producing tissue-specific cells from patient samples, and to tissue-specific cells produced using these methods. Methods for reprogramming cells using RNA are disclosed. Therapeutics comprising cells produced using these methods are also disclosed.

Embodiments herein relate to in vitro production methods of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) and hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell (HSPC) that have long-term multilineage hematopoiesis potentials upon in vivo engraftment. The HSC and HSPCs are derived from pluripotent stem cells-derived hemogenic endothelia cells (HE) by non-integrative episomal vectors-based gene transfer.