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