Grant Awards Cycle I

Grant Awards in April 1999

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Principal Investigator	Project Title/Link
Prof. Anthony J.F. d’Apice St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia	Prevention of rejection of organ transplants between species by anti-oxidant genes
Dr. Jorge A. Bezerra University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA	Role of proteins to improve outcome of liver cell transplantation
Dr. Jeffery A. Bluestone University of Chicago, Chicago, USA	Blockade of organ graft rejection by CTLA-4 ligation
Prof. Alfred L.M. Bothwell Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, USA	Characterization of molecules important for preventing rejection of transplanted pig organs
Dr. Julie Dechanet Bordeaux University 2, Bordeaux, France	Analysis of the mechanisms used by the immune system to fight against the Cytomegalovirus
Prof. Philip Halloran University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada	Exploring How Aging Mechanisms Affect Transplants
Dr. Jon S. Odorico University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA	Derivation of Insulin Producing Cells from Embryonic Stem Cell Lines
Dr. Miguel P. Soares Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA	Mechanisms of action of protective genes that promote organ graft survival
Prof. Angus Thomson University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA	Studies of a novel cellular regulator of host response to organ transplants
Dr. Hans-Dieter Volk Institut für Medizinische Immunologie, Charité, Berlin, Germany	Acceptance of foreign organ transplants – How can we outfox the immune system?