摘要:
A method for the production and use of multipotential stem-like cells is disclosed. The preparation utilized in this method is characterized by the contact of low level electrical currents with cultures of fibroblasts or other -blast cells enriched by fibroblast growth factor and other nutrients. The electrical current is conducted by means of silver electrode(s) brought into contact with the fibroblast preparation or other -blast cell preparation cultured for that purpose. The cells of the preparation may be used in applications that require the use of stem cells, including therapeutic applications, without the need for human fetuses or human umbilical cords or penetrating human bones to extract bone marrow. The cells thus produced have the ability to redifferentiate into endoderm, ectoderm and mesoderm to form any tissue of the body except the lens of the eye. Any cell found in the blood may be copied and multiplied. Any tissue of the body may be copied and multiplied with the lone exception of the lens of the eye as noted above.
摘要:
The present invention provides new methods for the in vitro preparation of bioartificial tissue equivalents and their enhanced integration after implantation in vivo. These methods include submitting a tissue construct to a biomimetic electrical stimulation during cultivation in vitro to improve its structural and functional properties, and/or in vivo, after implantation of the construct, to enhance its integration with host tissue and increase cell survival and functionality. The inventive methods are particularly useful for the production of bioartificial equivalents and/or the repair and replacement of native tissues that contain electrically excitable cells and are subject to electrical stimulation in vivo, such as, for example, cardiac muscle tissue, striated skeletal muscle tissue, smooth muscle tissue, bone, vasculature, and nerve tissue.
摘要:
Methods for cryopreservation and resuscitation of follicles are provided by the present disclosure, relating to the technical field of follicular cryopreservation. According to the method for cryopreserving follicles provided by the present disclosure, follicles are firstly encapsulated with Alginate hydrogel, and incubated in protectant A and B. and moved into a protective solution A for incubation. Follicles encapsulated in hydrogel microcapsules are then loaded into straws and immediately submerged into liquid nitrogen for cryopreservation. Then, they are rapidly warmed by a 37° C. water bath combined with nano-warming technique. To verify the preservation effect, the warmed preantral follicles are further cultured in vitro in three dimensions.
摘要:
A method of creating a pooled platelet lysate product may include obtaining whole blood from a source; separating platelets from the whole blood using a pressurized rotating microfluidic filtration system; creating platelet rich plasma (PRP) by concentrating the platelets in plasma and removing red blood cells and white blood cells using centrifugation; centrifuging the PRP, removing the plasma, and re-suspending the PRP in the lactated ringers solution (LRS) to create concentrated PRP (C-PRP); laser activating the C-PRP to create an activated C-PRP product; freezing and thawing the activated C-PRP product at least 3 times, wherein vortexing and sonication are performed after each thaw; and reconstituting the activated C-PRP in a saline to create a platelet lysate product with a known potency.
摘要:
A method of characterizing an effect of a compound on cardiomyocyte beating, including providing a system configured to culture, electrically pace, and monitor heating of beating cells: culturing two populations of immature cardiomyocytes in the system; adding a compound suspected of having an effect on cardiomyocyte maturation to one of the populations of immature cardiomyocytes; electrically pacing the two populations of immature cardiomyocytes according to a pulse profile that functionally matures immature cardiomyocytes until at least one of the two populations of cardiomyocytes is functionally mature; and Characterizing the compound as further driving maturation if the population with compound addition functionally matures before the other cardiomyocyte population.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a cell reprogramming method using a physical stimulation-mediated environmental influx, and more specifically, by subjecting differentiated or non-differentiated cells to physical stimulation which can promote an environmental influx, such as ultrasonic waves, laser or heat shock, without the introduction of a reprogramming-inducing factor or a chemical substance to the differentiated cells, the cells can be reprogrammed with just the imposition of an external environmental influx into pluripotent cells or arbitrary differentiated cells having a different expression type from the differentiated or non-differentiated cells, and as such an inducement has a simple and effective production process, the possibility of an autogenic cell therapy can be made greater.
摘要:
Expansion of cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) is a crucial step in almost all cancer immunotherapeutic methods. Current techniques for expansion of tumor-reactive CTLs present major limitations. The present invention comprises a novel method to effectively produce and expand tumor-activated CTLs using high-voltage pulsed electric fields. Tumor cells were subjected to high-frequency irreversible electroporation (HFIRE) with various electric field magnitudes and pulse widths, or irreversible electroporation (IRE). The treated tumor cells were subsequently cocultured with CD8+ cytotoxic T cells along with antigen-presenting cells. Tumor-activated CTLs can be produced and expanded when exposed to treated tumor cells. The activated CTLs produced with the present invention could be used for clinical applications with the goal of targeting and eliminating tumors.
摘要:
Stimulation using EA of LI-4, LI-11, GV-14 and GV-20 in humans, horses, and rodents results in mobilization of MSCs into systemic circulation. Methods are provided for increasing mesenchymal stem cells in the circulating blood of a mammal by contacting acupuncture points LI-4, LI-11, GV-14, and GV-20 of the mammal with a therapeutically effective amount of EA stimulation to mobilize MSCs into the circulating blood of the mammal. Methods for treating damaged tissue, specifically damaged tendons are also provided. Isolated mesenchymal stem cells made according to these methods, methods of isolated them, and stem cell banks that store them are also provided.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for improving transfection efficiency in eukaryotic cells including the steps of providing a transfection mixture including an agent associated with at least one amphiphilic construct suitable for transfection. Adding the transfection mixture to one or more eukaryotic cells to form a transfection complex and allowing the transfection complex to undergo a transfection process to form one or more transfected cells. The method also includes the step of directing pulsed electromagnetic signals provided at any or any combination of a pre-determined frequency, at a pre-determined pulse rate, or at a pre-determined power, at the transfection mixture at step (a) prior to creating the transfection complex, at the transfection complex in step (b), at the transfection complex in step (c) and/or at the transfected cell complex after step (c).
摘要:
Methods of generating cardiomyocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs) are provided. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods of generating cardiomyocytes from iPSCs using electrical stimulation. In some aspects, uses of such cells for therapeutics and in methods of treatment are provided.