Grant Awards in October 2002

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Principal Investigator Project Title/Link
Dr. Tausif Alam
University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, USA
Glucose-Regulated Improved Insulin Production from Hepatocytes
Dr. Bert Binas
Texas A & M University, College Station, USA
Mouse Blastocyst Stem Cell Immune Resistance
Dr. Kenneth Fang
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Role of Mast Cells in Bronchiolitis Obliterans in a Tracheal Allograft Model of Lung Transplantation
Dr. Marina Noris
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy
Donor Stem Cell Infusion to Induce Allospecific Graft Tolerance
Dr. Peta J. O' Connell
Robarts Research Institute, London, Canada
Induction of Transplantation Tolerance by Endogenous CD8alpha+ Dendritic Cells
Dr. Julian Pratt
King's College, University of London, London, UK
T Cell Costimulation through Complement Receptors in Kidney Transplantation
Dr. Hamid Rabb
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Mechanisms of T Cell Modulation of Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury
Dr. Parmjeet Randhawa
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
Polyomavirus BK, JC and SV40 in the Kidney: Pathogenesis, Early Diagnosis and Improving Graft Outcome
Dr. Benoît Salomon
Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Prevention of Allograft Rejection by Specific Tolerance Induction Using CD4+ CD25+ Regulatory T Cells
Prof. Mauro Sandrin
Austin Research Institute, Heidelberg, Australia
Reduction of Galalpha(1,3) Gal for Xenotransplantation: Studies of HAR/DXR
Prof. Herman Waldmann
Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Gene Expression in Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells
Dr. Jiangping Wu
Notre-Dame Hospital, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Use of a Death Decoy Protein DcR3/TR6 to Treat Organ Graft Rejection