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Surrogate Tolerogenesis for Xenotransplantation

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: 1 R43 DK50737-01,
Agency Tracking Number: 29406
Amount: $726,828.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1997
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
4310 Farmfield Ct
Baldwin, MD 21013
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 William Beschorner
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Research Institution
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Abstract

The primary problem in organ transplantation today is the shortage of human donors. A proposed soluuse of pigs, but the risk of rejection is currently too great. The ultimate goal for transplant recispecific immune tolerance. They would then accept their grafts as "self' without immune suppression.naturally induced in fetuses, it is difficult to induce in adults. A novel approach, called "surroga

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