Disclosed are means, compositions of matter and protocols useful for treatment of neurological dysfunctions through stimulation of adult neurogenesis using administration of umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells such as JadiCells. In one embodiment viral induced neuropathy is reduced by administration of JadiCells to stimulate neurogenesis. In another embodiment the neurogenic activity of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors is enhanced by administration of JadiCells. In some embodiments administration of JadiCell exosomes, conditioned media, microvesicles and/or apoptotic bodies is utilized to stimulate neurogenesis.

Provided are methods for propagating mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), and particularly adipose derived stem cells, including incubating isolated cells obtained from a tissue or organ including MSC in a growth medium including an apoptosis inducing agent, under specified conditions. Further provided is an isolated cell population and kits for performing the methods.

The present disclosure provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating Alzheimer’s disease, which at least includes an extracellular vesicle that is prepared by a method including: a first culturing step: performing an amplification culture of an adipose-derived stem cell in a first culture medium at a cell density of 6,000-15,000 cells/cm.sup.2 until an amplification amount of the adipose-derived stem cell is above 90% of that before the culture; a second culturing step: culturing the amplified adipose-derived stem cell in a second culture medium at a cell density of 10,000-100,000 cells/cm.sup.2 for 20-30 hours; and an extracellular vesicle separating step: collecting a culture solution and separating the extracellular vesicle from the culture solution by utilizing a tangential flow filtration (TFF) or ultrafiltration method.

Provided herein are carrier cells and virus combinations and methods for treatment of cancers. Also provided are modified carrier cells for such treatment, and methods of selecting carrier cells that are matched to subjects for such treatment.

The present disclosure provides a method of bioprinting a 3-D structure comprising one or more biologically-relevant materials on a super-hydrophobic surface. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a composition having one or more biologically-relevant materials dispersed within a biocompatible medium. A pattern comprising a hydrophilic material is deposited on a defined area of the super-hydrophobic surface, wherein the pattern is modeled after a biological structure. The composition having the one or more biologically-relevant materials is then bioprinted atop the hydrophilic surface to form a 3-D structure, wherein the hydrophilic surface maintains the 3-D structure in a desired position or shape on the super-hydrophobic surface.

A method of obtaining a pluripotent-like multipotent cell, including providing a cell of a first type which is not a pluripotent-like multipotent cell; contacting the cell of a first type with an agent capable of remodeling the chromatin and/or DNA of the cell; transiently increasing expression of at least one pluripotent gene regulator in the cell of a first type, to a level at which the at least one pluripotent gene regulator is capable of driving transformation of the cell of a first type into the pluripotent-like multipotent cell; and placing or maintaining the cell in a differentiation medium and maintaining intracellular levels of the at least one pluripotent gene regulator for a sufficient period of time to allow a stable pluripotent-like multipotent cell to be obtained; wherein the pluripotent-like multipotent cell so obtained does not exhibit teratoma formation in vivo.

A composition comprising isolated vascular-associated naturally pluripotent stem cells (vaPS), is disclosed, as well as method of treating defects using such composition, wherein said vaPS are capable of differentiating into somatic cells of all three germ layers under the guidance of the respective microenvironment.

The present disclosure provides for non-viral compositions and methods for delivering nucleic acids into eukaryotic cells (e.g., stem cells) with high efficiency and low genotoxicity.

This invention is to provide a means capable of obtaining excellent cell proliferation activity without depending on a thickness of a coating layer in a technique of coating a cell culture substrate (cell culture vessel) using a polymer. Provided is a cell culture substrate comprising a coating layer on at least one surface of a polymer substrate, wherein the coating layer includes a copolymer comprising more than 40% by mole and less than 100% by mole of a structural unit (1) derived from carboxyalkyl (meth)acrylate represented by Formula (1) and more than 0% by mole and less than 60% by mole of a structural unit (2) derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a hydroxyl group (the total of the structural unit (1) and the structural unit (2) is 100% by mole).

The present invention relates to a method for preparing oncolytic virus-containing mesenchymal stem cells having improved cell viability, a method for storing the oncolytic virus-containing stem cells produced by the method, and a cell therapeutic agent for cancer treatment containing the oncolytic virus-containing stem cells produced by the method. More particularly, an oncolytic virus is introduced into mesenchymal stem cells, followed by treatment with aspirin, so that the infection efficiency of the oncolytic virus may be increased, the replication time of the virus may be prolonged, and lysis of the stem cells by the virus may be prevented, thereby improving the viability and survival period of the stem cells and preparing anticancer stem cells having excellent activity. The anticancer stem cell therapeutic agent produced in this way is maintained at high viability during cold storage due to aspirin treatment, and thus is very useful medically and industrially.