CD34+ cells from healthy donors were obtained from Lonza (Basel, Switzerland). The cells were cultured in erythroid or granulomonocytic differentiation media for 14 day as described previously.19 (link), 20 (link) For cell growth assays, on day 7 of culture transduced cells were seeded in 96 well plates (10000 cells/200µl). Viable cells were counted by using trypan blue exclusion assay. For colony assays, on day 7 of culture 3000 transduced cells were plated on methylcellulose (MethoCult H4434 Classic, Stemcell Technologies) containing 0.65µg/ml puromycin according to the manufacturer’s protocol. Colonies were counted after 14 days. May-Grünwald and Giemsa stains were used to stain cytospin slides of granulomonocytic and erythroid cells according to the manufacturer’s protocol (Sigma Aldrich).