Grant Awards in April 2003

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Principal Investigator  Project Title/Link  
Dr. David Briscoe
Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA  
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Acute and Chronic Rejection 
Dr. Ginny Bumgardner
Ohio State University, Columbus, USA  
Analysis of a Novel Strategy which Suppresses Aggressive (CD4-Independent) CD8+ T-Cell-Initiated Hepatocyte Rejection 
Dr. Juan Contreras
University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA  
Increase of Islet Engraftment by Mobilizing Bone-Marrow-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells  
Prof. Philip Halloran
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada  
Mechanisms of Renal Allograft Rejection 
Prof. John Kirby
University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK  
Therapeutic Elimination of Intraepithelial T Cells: A Strategy to Reduce Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transdifferentiation and Chronic Allograft Dysfunction 
Dr. Wei-Ping Min
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada  
Novel Strategy for Inducing Transplant Tolerance by Genetically Modifying Dendritic Cells with siRNA 
Dr. Jeffrey Schechner
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA  
Vascularization of Engineered Human Skin Equivalents 
Prof. Ann Simpson
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia  
Correction of Diabetes Using Insulin-Secreting Liver Cells 
Dr. Peter Terness
University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany  
Using the Immunosuppressive IDO Gene for Prevention of Allograft Rejection