Abstract: Provided herein are osteogenic placental adherent cells (OPACs), methods of using OPACs and OPAC populations, and methods of culturing, proliferating, expanding, or differentiating the OPACs. Further provided herein are methods of using the OPACs to formulate implantable or injectable compositions suitable for administration to a subject. Still further provided herein are provides methods for treating bone defects with OPACs and compositions comprising OPACs. Also provided herein are methods of using OPACs in the treatment and management of multiple myeloma, e.g., reducing the progression of, halting the progression of, or improving, one or more symptoms of multiple myeloma in an individual having multiple myeloma, comprising administering a plurality of OPACs to the individual.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods in the field of cell culture, specifically of culture and expansion of immune cells, e.g., T lymphocytes.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of using adherent placental stem cells and placental stem cell populations, and methods of culturing, proliferating and expanding the same. Also provided herein are methods of differentiating the placental stem cells. Further provided herein are methods of using the placental stem cells to formulate implantable or injectable compositions suitable for administration to a subject. Still further provided herein are provides methods for treating bone defects with stem cells and compositions comprising stem cells.

Abstract: The present invention provides placental stem cells and placental stem cell populations, and methods of culturing, proliferating and expanding the same. The invention also provides methods of differentiating the placental stem cells. The invention further provides methods of using the placental stem cells in assays and for transplanting.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating individuals having diseases or disorders of the circulatory system, using placental cells, e.g., the placental stem cells and placental multipotent cells (PDACs) described herein, and populations of such placental cells. The invention also provides methods of angiogenesis using such cells or populations of cells comprising such cells.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treatment of an individual having pain, e.g., neuropathic pain, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of tissue culture plastic adherent placental stem cells (PDAC™).

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating individuals having diseases or disorders of the circulatory system, using placental cells, e.g., the placental stem cells and placental multipotent cells (PDACs) described herein, and populations of such placental cells. The invention also provides methods of angiogenesis using such cells or populations of cells comprising such cells.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of producing erythrocytes from hematopoietic cells, particularly hematopoietic cells from placental perfusate in combination with hematopoietic cells from umbilical cord blood, wherein the method results in accelerated expansion and differentiation of the hematopoietic cells to more efficiently produce administrable erythrocytes. Further provided herein is a bioreactor in which hematopoietic cell expansion and differentiation takes place.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of producing extracellular matrix (ECM) that are superior to previously-described methods. Extracellular matrix (ECM) comprises protein that forms many structures in the body including tendons, ligaments, and sheets that support skin and internal organs. There remains a need in the art for ECM compositions that have improved cell attachment characteristics and methods of making such ECM compositions.

Abstract: Provided herein are cells, e.g., T cells expressing artificial cell death polypeptides that cause death of a cell, e.g., cells (e.g., T lymphocytes) expressing the cell death polypeptide, when the cell death polypeptide is multimerized or dimerized. Also provided herein is use of such cells, e.g., T lymphocytes, to treat diseases such as cancer.

Abstract: Provided herein are placental stem cells that exhibit increased survival (“enhanced placental stem cells”), compositions comprising such placental stem cells, and methods of using such placental stem cells and compositions.

Abstract: Provided herein are modified T lymphocytes comprising chimeric receptors and methods of use thereof.

Abstract: Provided herein are placental perfusate, placental perfusate cells, and placenta-derived intermediate natural killer cells, and combinations thereof. Also provided herein are compositions comprising the same, and methods of using placental perfusate, placental perfusate cells, and placenta-derived intermediate natural killer cells, and combinations thereof, to suppress the growth or proliferation of tumor cells, cancer cells, and the like, and to treat individuals having tumor cells.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of producing erythrocytes from hematopoietic cells, particularly hematopoietic cells from placental perfusate in combination with hematopoietic cells from umbilical cord blood, wherein the method results in accelerated expansion and differentiation of the hematopoietic cells to more efficiently produce administrable erythrocytes. Further provided herein is a bioreactor in which hematopoietic cell expansion and differentiation takes place.

Abstract: Provided herein are uses of compositions comprising extracellular matrix (ECM) and compositions comprising ECM components in the treatment of non-dental oral lesions.

Abstract: Provided herein are methods of suppression of proliferation and growth of cells of bone-related cancers, e.g., multiple myeloma or chondrosarcoma cells, using placental cells, e.g., the placental stem cells described herein, and populations of such placental cells. Also provided herein are methods of treating individuals having cells of a bone-related cancer.

Abstract: Anoikis resistant placental stem cells (arPSCs) with increased survival in low-attachment environments, and thus can advantageously be used, e.g., in therapies based on their ability to persist for longer durations of time in an unattached state. A method of modifying placental stem cells to make them anoikis resistant, comprising contacting the placental stem cells with an effective amount of modulatory RNA molecules, such that one or more genes associated with anoikis of the placental stem cells is inhibited. Further discloses are genes that are associated with anoikis for modulation.

Abstract: Provided herein are therapeutic polypeptides, e.g., chimeric antigen receptors, able to direct an immune cell, e.g., a T lymphocyte to a target antigen, and able to cause the T cell to proliferate or to kill cells displaying the antigen when the antigen binds to the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptides comprise a transmembrane domain from a T cell co-inhibitory protein such as CTLA4 or PD-1. Also provided herein are T lymphocytes expressing the polypeptides, and use of such T lymphocytes to treat diseases such as cancer.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods of using placental stem cells that originate from a post-partum placenta with conventional cord blood compositions or other stem or progenitor cells. The placental stem cells can be used alone or in a mixture with other stem cell populations. In accordance with the present invention, the placental stem cells may be mixed with other stem cell populations, including but not limited to, umbilical cord blood, fetal and neonatal hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells, human stem cells and progenitor cells derived from bone marrow. The placental stem cells and the mixed populations of placental stem cells and stem cells have a multitude of uses and applications, including but not limited to, therapeutic uses for transplantation and treatment and prevention of disease, and diagnostic and research uses.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of extracting and recovering embryonic-like stem cells, including, but not limited to pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, from an exsanguinated human placenta. A placenta is treated to remove residual umbilical cord blood by perfusing an exsanguinated placenta, preferably with an anticoagulant solution, to flush out residual cells. The residual cells and perfusion liquid from the exsanguinated placenta are collected, and the embryonic-like stem cells are separated from the residual cells and perfusion liquid. The invention also provides a method of utilizing the isolated and perfused placenta as a bioreactor in which to propagate endogenous cells, including, but not limited to, embryonic-like stem cells. The invention also provides methods for propagation of exogenous cells in a placental bioreactor and collecting the propagated exogenous cells and bioactive molecules therefrom.